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The Colonies ss
terms for test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| town meeting | citizens discuss and vote |
| royal colony | colony ruled by monarchy |
| debtor | person owes money |
| toleration | let people practice what they want |
| quakers | belived that every one was eqwal in gods eyes |
| puritans | they wanted to perif the cherch of england |
| cash crop | plants sold for money |
| indentured servant | was a person how argred to work fo some one |
| plantation | large farms that slaves worked on |
| triangle trade | trade rought between africa, the caribbean islands, and europe |
| pilgrims | people wanted to make a religious journey. english separatists who settled in plymouth |
| Middle Passage | TERRIBLE slave voyage Africa to Americas |
| Netherlands | controlled NY--Jamestown |
| Middle Colonies | Breadbasket Colonies |
| pilgrims why travel? | religious freedom |
| where pilgrims landed | Plymouth |
| Jamestown grew | tobacco |
| 3 southern colonies grew | rice tobacco indigo |
| Europeans wanted colonies...why? | to get money |
| indentured servants | worked for freedom |
| slavey--why in south | climate and geography +farming |
| House of Burgesses | self-government in America |