13 colonies Flashcards
apprentice
Lived and worked with someone to get a job.
Indentured servant
signed up to work for free passage to America.
America declared independence on this date.
1776
New England colonies
Massachusettes, Connecticut, Rhode island, and New Hampshire.
middle colonies
Delaware, Pennsylvania,New Jersey, and New York.
southern colonies.
Maryland, Virginia, north Carolina, south Carolina, and Georgia.
Agriculture
the farming economy.
export
sent to other countries
import
get stuff from other countries
plantation
huge piece of land that was often sectioned off into different farms.
town common
grassy area in the center of town where citizens livestock could graze. It also had a meeting house and artisan shop.
colonial assemblies
meeting to make laws for the colony
royal governer
appointed by king to enforce rules