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Grade 5 SS
Chapter 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| region | an area that shares physical or human characteristics |
| proprietor | someone who owns land or property |
| diverse | showing a great deal of variety |
| interact | to talk or work with one another |
| coordinate | to make sure two or more groups can work well together |
| New England | had thin soil and could only support small farms,; timber was an important resource; built ships, hunted whales |
| Middle Colonies | had rich soil and a warmer climate; raised wheat; more diverse; thriving trade center and port |
| Southern Colonies | had warm climate all year long with growing season lasting seven or eight months; large plantations with cash crops; relied heavily on slaves |
| meetinghouse | the largest building in town |
| 1638 | Anne Hutchinson moved to Rhode Island and felt that the Puritan church leaders had too much power |
| 1732 | Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe |
| barter | trade of good or product for another |
| export | a product sold to another country |
| import | a product bought from another country |
| raw materials | resources that can be made into other products |
| mercantilism | an economic idea popular in the 1600s and 1700s, which suggested that governments should limit imports but increase manufacturing and exports, especially to colonies |
| triangular trade | a pattern of trade that developed during the 1600s and 1700s that had three parts and linked 13 colonies with Europe, Africa, and the West Indies |
| class | a ranking in society based on wealth or importance |
| artisan | a person specialized in one type of work or trade |
| insert | to put inside |
| display | to show |
| slavery | the act of buying and selling people |
| Middle Passages | the forced voyage of enslaved Africans on ships across the Atlantic Ocean from West Africa to the West Indies as part of the triangular trade route from the 1500s to the mid-1800s |
| uprisings | revolts |
| inspect | to look at something closely |
| investigate | to study carefully |
| The Whistle | story written by Benjamin Franklin about buying an unnecessary item that did not benefit the family |
| boundary | line that divides an area |
| King Philip's War | or Metacom's War: a war between the colonists and American Indians in 1637; led by Metacom, also known as King Philip |
| pollute | to be impure |
| unify | to come together |
| ally | a military partner |
| treaty | a formal agreement between countries |
| reflect | to show |
| persuade | to convince |
| Proclamation of 1763 | it prohibited colonists from settling lands west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Treaty of Paris | 1763: Ending the French and Indian War, France agreed to surrender much of its territory in North America east of the Mississippi River |
| Roger Williams | believed in freedom of religion; founded Rhode Island |
| Anne Hutchinson | offended Puritan leaders by speaking out on religions |
| Thomas Hooker | believed all men should be allowed to vote; started the Connecticut colony |
| William Penn | a Quaker who wanted to protect each person's freedoms; founded Pennsylvania colony |
| George Whitfield | a leader in the Great Awakening who inspired people to have strong feelings towards God |
| Chief Powhatan | Powhatan leader who led a war against the Jamestown colonists |
| Metacom | a Wmpnoag leader who led a war against New England colonists |
| George Washington | led the building of Fort Necessity at the start of the French and Indian War |
| Pontiac | an Ottawa leader who led an attack against British forts and villages |
| Lord Dunmore's War | 1774: Virginia settlers killed the family of Indian leader, Chief Logan. went into the Ohio River valley and destroyed Indian villages |
| 1614 | Pocahontas married John Rolfe and brought peace between the American Indians and Jamestown settlers |
| 1739 | Stono Rebellion by slaves in South Carolina |
| French and Indian War | 1754-1763 Britain and France both claim land in the Ohio River Valley. Both sides had American Indian allies. |
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