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Colonial Regions
Regions, Economy, Religion, Geography
Question | Answer |
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The Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church. | Puritans |
to disagree | dissent |
Those that sought to set up their own churches. | Separatists (Pilgrims) |
To mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs. | Persecute |
A formal agreement or contract between two or more parties. | compact |
The ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors. | tolerance |
of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background. | ethnic |
People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes. | Pacifists |
Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America. | Indentured servants |
a list of fundamental laws to support a government. | Constitution |
producing just enough to meet immediate needs. | subsistence farming |
crops that could be sold easily in the markets in the colonies and overseas. | cash crops |
A condition in which one person has absolute authority over another, controlling the person's life and liberty. | Slavery |
most important | Principal |
The voyage across the ocean that many enslaved Africans took to the colonies. | The Middle Passage |
Three-part trade route | Triangular Trade |
Rules focusing on the behavior and punishment of enslaved people. | slave codes |
Generally sums up the founding of the English colonies. | The English colonies were founded by people with various goals, from making money to following their faith. |
Idea that best explains how the geography impacted the kind of economy a colony would have? | Natural Resources led to different industries |
Geography of the New England Colonies | poor, rocky soil, long, cold winters, hilly wilderness |
Geography of the Middle Colonies | Fertile soil, flat land, swift rivers, wide valleys, warmer |
Geography of the Southern Colonies | Hot, humid, wide rivers, backcountry, plantations, rich fertile soil. |
Economic activities of the New England colonies | small farms, merchants, craftsmen, boat building, whaling, lumber, fish |
Economic activity of the Middle Colonies | Farming grains, livestock, mining, trading |
Economic activity of the Southern Colonies | Plantations with tobacco, rice, and slavery |
Middle colonies include... | Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, New Jersey |
Southern colonies include... | North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia |
New England colonies include... | Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts |