When farmers produce only enough to feed and maintain their families.

A product that originates in one place and is sold in another.

A trade product that is brought into a country.

A colony under the control of the English king.

A colony given to an individual by the king of England.

Regular trading that formed a triangle between the West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa.

A thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony.

A structure used as a church or as a government building.

One who is bound to a master without pay to learn a craft or trade.

Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance.

Landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers.

The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640.

A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain.

A self-governing political unit.

Members of the Anglican Church who wanted to “purify” the church.

A document presenting a plan of government.

Those who left the Anglican Church.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

The first American constitution or plan of government.

English settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas.

The acceptance of different beliefs.

An agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government.

People who oppose war or violence as a means of settling disputes.

The theory that a state’s power depends on its wealth.

A guarantee that all Christians have the right to worship as they please.

Protestant reformers who believed in religious tolerance; also known as the Society of Friends.

A plant that produces a blue dye.

Relating to or located within a city.

Relating to areas outside a city, such as the countryside.

A person trained in a skill or craft.

The area around slow-flowing rivers that are affected by ocean tides.

Large farms worked by many laborers.

Form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the company.

The forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans.

Persons who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.

Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights.

A region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater.

A document that gives the holder the rights to organize settlements in an area.

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Term	Definition
Subsistence Farming	When farmers produce only enough to feed and maintain their families.
Export	A product that originates in one place and is sold in another.
Import	A trade product that is brought into a country.
Royal Colony	A colony under the control of the English king.
Proprietary Colony	A colony given to an individual by the king of England.
Triangular Trade	Regular trading that formed a triangle between the West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa.
Frontier	A thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony.
Meeting House	A structure used as a church or as a government building.
Apprentice	One who is bound to a master without pay to learn a craft or trade.
Naval Stores	Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance.
Patroon	Landowner in the Dutch colonies who received rent, taxes, and labor from tenant farmers.
Great Migration	The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640.
Conestoga Wagon	A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain.
Commonwealth	A self-governing political unit.
Cash Crop	Food crop grown to be sold.
Puritans	Members of the Anglican Church who wanted to “purify” the church.
Constitution	A document presenting a plan of government.
Separatists	Those who left the Anglican Church.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut	The first American constitution or plan of government.
Pilgrims	English settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas.
Toleration	The acceptance of different beliefs.
Mayflower Compact	An agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government.
Pacifists	People who oppose war or violence as a means of settling disputes.
Mercantilism	The theory that a state’s power depends on its wealth.
Toleration Act	A guarantee that all Christians have the right to worship as they please.
Quakers	Protestant reformers who believed in religious tolerance; also known as the Society of Friends.
Indigo	A plant that produces a blue dye.
Urban	Relating to or located within a city.
Rural	Relating to areas outside a city, such as the countryside.
Artisan	A person trained in a skill or craft.
Tidewater	The area around slow-flowing rivers that are affected by ocean tides.
Plantations	Large farms worked by many laborers.
Joint-Stock Company	Form of business organization; pooled funds of many investors or stockholders who can independently sell their shares of the company.
Middle Passage	The forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans.
Indentured Servants	Persons who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for passage to America.
Slave Codes	Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights.
Back Country	A region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater.
Charter	A document that gives the holder the rights to organize settlements in an area.

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