13 Colonies Flashcards
What are Quackers
Religious group of people believed that all people are equal Gods opinion and believed to be treated equally. Did not believe in war and most settled in Pennsylvania
What is pacifism
Did not believe in war and thought it was wrong way to settle problems
What is tax
Money that people pay their government
Profit
The extra money made by working
Puritans
A Protestant group in Egland and America. They wanted to purity the Church of England. They believed in a strict discipline and high moral standards
Separatist
A group of puritans who left the Church of England
Indentured servant
A person who agreed to work 5-7 years and not get paid.got a free passage across the ocean to new world and clothes food and shelter.
Rebel
A person who uses force to oppose a government
Slavery
A system where people are owned as property and have to work with no pay and no rights
Export
A product grown or made in one country and shipped outside the country for sale
Cash crop
A product grown to sell and make money not for the farmers own use
Dissenter
A person who disagrees with the government or religious authority
Merchant
A person whose business is buying and selling goods for profit
Parliament
The lawbreaking body of England. It is made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons
