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S.S. Colonies

Colonies, Europe, and Africa

QuestionAnswer
Joint stock Company people pay stock in return for future profits
Subsistence farming only enough food for their family
Quakers religious society of friends
Charter Permission to travel to America and make a new colony
Triangular Trade Routes trading between Europe, Africa, colonies, and the West Indies
Puritan Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church so they came to America
House of Burgesses first elected representatives of the colonies
Cash Crop plants that brought in a lot of money
Colony new settlement in a foreign country that is governed by the home country
Dissent difference in opinions
Tidewater low lying coastal land
James Wolfe crazy general that lead a surprise attack on Quebec
Persecute to kill for crimes
Backcountry rural area that is remote and undeveloped
General Braddock man who made the soldiers where red uniforms
Pilgrim separatist who went to America to gain religious freedoms
Overseer directed the work of laborers
Seven Years War ended in the Treaty of Paris
Separatist wanted to destroy or reform the England church because they strongly disagreed with it
Apprentice person who learns the trade from a skilled craftsmen
French & Indian War war between French/Indian and the British
Mayflower Compact made rules for the colony
Export to send goods out to other places for trade
Toleration allowing something different to occur
Import receive goods from other places during trade
Proprietary colony land owned by a very rich persona and then rented out to others
Militia military force of citizens
Indentured servant person whose passage was paid for, they then work for the person that paid for their journey for a certain amount of time to pay it off
Alliance working together
Constitution systems of laws and principles
Middle Passage from Africa to the new world usually carrying slaves to the Americas
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