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vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Subsistence farming | producing enough extra food for money |
| Royal colonies | A colony under the control of the king |
| Export | to sell elsewhere in large colonies of markets |
| Meeting house | a building used for public assembly or especially from protestant worship |
| Import | to buy goods brought in from Europe |
| slave codes | laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights |
| Fundamental orders of Connecticut | this document was the first American constitution, or plan of government, to be written |
| Patroons | ran their large estates as they wished enforcing their own laws |
| Frontier | A thinly settled land on the outside of the colony |
| Property colony | territories granted to individuals or groups by the British crown |
| Triangular trade | a three legged economic model and trade route on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people |
| Apprentice | One who is bound without pay to learn craft or trade |
| Naval stores | products of pine forests used in wooden ship building and maintenance |
| Great migration | The movement of English settlers to the American colonies |
| Conestoga wagon | A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain |
| Commonwealth | A self-governing political unit |
| Cash crop | A food crop grown to be sold |
| Puritans | member 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 |
| 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 |
| Pacifist | A person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute |
| Mercantilism | The theory that states power depends on it's wealth |
| Toleration act | A guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they please |
| Quakers | A protestant reformer who believed in religions tolerance; also known as the society of friends |
| Indigo | A plant that produces a blue dye |
| Urban | Relating to that within a city |
| Rural | To be outside a city, such as the countryside |
| Artisan | A person who trained in a skill or labor |
| Tidewater | The area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the ocean tides |
| Plantations | Large farm worked by many labors |
| Joint stock company | A form of business organization; that 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 |
| Meeting house | a building used for public assembly or especially from protestant worship |
| Import | to buy goods brought in from Europe |
| slave codes | laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights |
| Fundamental orders of Connecticut | this document was the first American constitution, or plan of government, to be written |
| Patroons | ran their large estates as they wished enforcing their own laws |
| Frontier | A thinly settled land on the outside of the colony |
| Property colony | territories granted to individuals or groups by the British crown |
| Triangular trade | a three legged economic model and trade route on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people |
| Apprentice | One who is bound without pay to learn craft or trade |
| Naval stores | products of pine forests used in wooden ship building and maintenance |
| Great migration | The movement of English settlers to the American colonies |
| Conestoga wagon | A type of horse-drawn covered wagon used to transport grain |
| Commonwealth | A self-governing political unit |
| Cash crop | A food crop grown to be sold |
| Puritans | member 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 |
| 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 |
| Pacifist | A person who opposes the use of war or violence to settle a dispute |
| Mercantilism | The theory that states power depends on it's wealth |
| Toleration act | A guarantee that all Christians had the right to worship as they please |
| Quakers | A protestant reformer who believed in religions tolerance; also known as the society of friends |
| Indigo | A plant that produces a blue dye |
| Urban | Relating to that within a city |
| Rural | To be outside a city, such as the countryside |
| Artisan | A person who trained in a skill or labor |
| Tidewater | The area around slow flowing rivers that are affected by the ocean tides |
| Plantations | Large farm worked by many labors |
| Joint stock company | A form of business organization; that 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 Americans |
| Indentured servants | A person who agreed to work for a colonial employer for a passage to America |
| Black country | A heavily Urbanized industrial region in the west midlands of England |
| Charter | An official document granting the right to settle and trade |
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