Question | Answer |
connecticut | founded by thomas hooker |
back country | region of hills and forests west of the tidewater |
cash crop | plants grown to make money |
colony | area in a country controlled by another country |
charles l | english king who persecuted puritans and caused puritans to move to massachusetts |
blue laws | certain laws for sabbath day |
culture | way of life |
gentry | wealthy |
apprentice | assistant who is assigned to learn the trade of a skilled craftsman |
enlightlenment | movement during 1700s that spread the idea of knowledge, reason, and science could improve society |
ben franklin | one of the leaders of the enlightenment movement |
export | to sell goods abroad |
bill of rights | first 10 commandments in the US constitution |
debtor | someone owning more money than one makes |
massachusetts bay | where new amsterdam was located |
ann hutchinson | woman persecuted because of gender and religion, later was a symbol of toleration |
middle class | neither rich nor poor |
libel | published false statements that defames someone |
import | to buy goods from foreign markets |
legislature | someone able to alter the law |
mercantilism | the theory that a state or nations power depended on its wealth |
james olgethorp | founded georgia, for debtors and poor people, debtor colony |
lord baltimore | wanted to establish place for catholics being persecutes, son cecilius calvert founded maryland |
mason-dixon line | line charles mason and jeremiah dixon hired to create to separate maryland and pennsylvania |
indigo | crop that saved jamestown, used to dye textiles (clothing and ink) |
rhode island | founded by roger williams, with ethnic and religious diversity, safe place for dissenters |
puritans | wanted reform the english church (anglican) |
toleration | accepting of others, to not interfere |
proprietary colony | owner owned all of the land and controlled the government |
proprietor | owner of a buisness, owner of land (owner of colony) |
patroon | wealthy landowner in the dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land |
sabbath | holy day of rest |
pacifist | not agreeing to violence |
public schools | tax dollars pay cost for education |
triangular trade | trade that exchanged goods between the west indies, american colonies, and west africa |
tidewater | region of flat, low-lying plains along the sea coast |
plantation | a large estate run by an owner or manager and farmed by laborers who lived there |
racism | to treat someone badly because of their race/color |
slave codes | laws passed in the southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people |