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history test
mr zinnen part
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| connecticut | founded by thomas hooker |
| back country | region of hills and forests west of the tidewater |
| cash crop | plants grown to make money |
| colony | area in a country controlled by another country |
| charles l | english king who persecuted puritans and caused puritans to move to massachusetts |
| blue laws | certain laws for sabbath day |
| culture | way of life |
| gentry | wealthy |
| apprentice | assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman |
| enlightlenment | movement during 1700s that spread the idea of knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
| ben franklin | one of the leaders of the enlightenment movement |
| export | to sell goods abroad |
| bill of rights | first 10 commandments in the US constitution |
| debtor | someone owning more money than one makes |
| massachusetts bay | where new amsterdam was located |
| ann hutchinson | woman persecuted because of gender and religion, later was a symbol of toleration |
| middle class | neither rich nor poor |
| libel | published false statements that defames someone |
| import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
| legislature | someone able to alter the law |
| mercantilism | the theory that a state or nations power depended on its wealth |
| james olgethorp | founded georgia, for debtors and poor people, debtor colony |
| lord baltimore | wanted to establish place for catholics being persecutes, son cecilius calvert founded maryland |
| mason-dixon line | line charles mason and jeremiah dixon hired to create to separate maryland and pennsylvania |
| indigo | crop that saved jamestown, used to dye textiles (clothing and ink) |
| rhode island | founded by roger williams, with ethnic and religious diversity, safe place for dissenters |
| puritans | wanted reform the english church (anglican) |
| toleration | accepting of others, to not interfere |
| proprietary colony | owner owned all of the land and controlled the government |
| proprietor | owner of a buisness, owner of land (owner of colony) |
| patroon | wealthy landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land |
| sabbath | holy day of rest |
| pacifist | not agreeing to violence |
| public schools | tax dollars pay cost for education |
| triangular trade | trade that exchanged goods between the west indies, american colonies, and west africa |
| tidewater | region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea coast |
| plantation | a large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there |
| racism | to treat someone badly because of their race/color |
| slave codes | laws passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |
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