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colonial Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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Pennsylvania | Quakers |
Plymouth | Separatists |
Massachusetts Bay | Puritans |
Jamestown | (1607) Economic venture by the virginia company of london |
Roanoke Island | Lost colony Economic colony |
Gergia | settled by debtors |
Three religious colonys | Plymouth Massachusetts bay Pennsylvania |
Three economic colonys | Roanoke Island Jamestown Georgia |
Religious and economic | 2 resons why people from england settled in North amarica |
Specialization | focusing on one or a few products caused colonists to be more independent |
interdependence | 2 or more people depending on each others for goods and services |
New england region | Cold climate and rocky soil fishing whaling and shipbuilding town meetings church and village was the center of soicial life |
Mid atlantic region | live stock and grain farms trading moderate climate market towns diverse religions and people |
Southern region | humid climate large farmsand plantations slaves and indentured servants few cities and schools counties |
Women | Homemarkers caretakers could not vote |
Farmers | worked the land according to the region and relied on family for labor |
Large land owners | Lived in the south and were wealthy Used slaves and indentured servants for labor |
Enslaved afarican amaricans | Owned by master as property for life Had no rights |
Indentured servants | Person who agreed to work without wages in exchange for thier passage to the colonies Were free when thier contract was up |
Artisan | Skilled craftmen |
Free african amaricans | Were able to own land Had economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend thier money |