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Colony Flashcards

TermDefinition
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
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