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The 13 Colonies
Unit 2: Exploration & Colonization
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Columbian Exchange | The exchange of goods, ideas and diseases between the New World (Americans) and Europe/Africa/Asia Positive Impacts: New foods and resources shared improved nutrition Negative Impacts: Spread diseases to the New World |
| Colony | A place where a country sent settlers to control that land and resources Ex: England sent people over to America and created colonies that England controlled |
| Indentured Servant | A person who agrees to work to pay off a debt in return for the cost of the trip to the colonies They have a contract, learn a skills, were punished harshly for their mistakes, and were free when their contract ended |
| Cash Crops | Crops that are grown on plantations in the Southern Colonies -Worth a lot of money Ex: Tobacco, cotton, rice, indigo |
| Representative Democracy | A government where the people have power to participate/make decisions and can vote to elect the leaders that represent them |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement of the Pilgrims in the Plymouth colony on how to establish laws and make decisions for the colony (This was a basis for a democratic government) |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | The government created in the Southern Colonies → representatives from each colony in the region were elected to make decisions for the group (This is the basis of a representative democracy) |
| Triangle Trade | The trade route between the New World, Europe, and Africa |
| Middle Passage | The journey enslaved people were forced to take from Africa to the New World A part of the Triangle Trade |
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