13 Colonies Flashcards
Agriculture
farming was a way of life in this region and many citizens earned a living from farming
apprentice
lived and worked with a master artisan to learn a skill or craft
the middle colonies
Delaware Pennsylvania New York New jersey
town common
grassy area in the center of towns where citizens livestock could graze
plantation
a huge piece of land that was often sectioned off into several different farms
southern colonies
Maryland Virginia north Carolina south carolina Georgia
slave
forced to work with no pay no choices
indentured servants
young adults who chose to sign a contract to work for 5 6 or 7 years I exchange for free passage to the new world
colonial legislature
make laws
colonial assembly
colonists elected to make laws
new england colonies
Rhode island Connecticut massachusetts New Hampshire
import
take into country
export
ship to another country
royal governor
man chosen by the king of England to govern a colony
