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SS vocab
For Social Studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistence Farming | Farming in which only enough food to feed one's family is produced |
| Export | To sell goods abroad |
| Import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
| Royal Colony | a colony run by a governor and a council appointed by the king or queen |
| Proprietary Colony | a colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted |
| Triangular Trade Route | a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa |
| Frontier | a thinly settled area on the outer limits of a colony |
| Meeting House | used both as a church and 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 |
| Conestago Wagon | a type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain |
| Commonwealth | a self-governing political movement |
| Cash Crop | a 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 the Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government |
| Pacifists | A person opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes |
| Mercantilism | the theory that a state's power depends on its wealth |
| Toleration Act | A guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they pleased |
| Quakers | Protestant performers who believed in religious tolerance, also known as the Society of Friends |
| Indigo | a plant that produces blue dye |
| Urban | relating to that within a city |
| Rural | to be outside the city, such as the countryside |
| Artisan | a person trained in a skill or labor |
| Tidewater | a region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea coast |
| Plantations | large estates run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there |
| Joint-Stock Company | large estates run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there |
| Middle Passage | The forced trip between Africa and America made by enslaved Africans |
| Indentured Servants | a person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a specified time in exchange for a 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 | an official document granting the right to settle and trade |
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