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Colony Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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Pennsylvania | Quakers |
Plymouth | Pilgrims (Separatists) |
Massachusetts Bay | Puritans |
Jamestown | **1607** economic venture by the Virginia Company of London |
Roanoke Island | "Lost Colony" Economic Venture |
Georgia | settled by debtors |
Three Religious Colonies | *Plymouth *Massachusetts Bay *Pennsylvania |
Three Economic ($$$) Colonies | *Roanoke Island *Jamestown *Georgia |
Religious and Economic | 2 Reasons why people from England settled in North America |
Specialization | focusing on one or a few products *caused colonists to be more indepedent |
Interdependence | 2 or more people depending on each other for goods and services |
New England Region | *cold climate and rocky soil *fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding *town meetings *church and villages was the center of social life |
Mid Atlantic Region | *Livestock and Grains *trading *moderateclimate *market towns *diverse religions and people |
Southern Region | *humid climate *large farms & plantations *slaves & indentured servants *few cities and schoolsn *counties |
Women | homemakers and carekeepers and cannot vote |
Farmers | worked the land according to the region and relied on family for labor |
Large Land Owners (Plantation Owners) | Lived in the South and were wealthy. *used slaves and indentured servants for labor |
Enslaved African Americans | owned by master as property for life. *had NO rights |
Indentured Servants | person who agreed to work without wages in exchange for their passage to the colonies. Were free when their contract is up. |
Artisans | skilled craftmen |
Freed African Americans | were able to own land *had economic freedom and could work for pay & decide how to spend there money |