Chap 5 Lesson 1 Flashcards
What does “dissent” mean?
a disagreement.
What does “expel” mean?
to force to leave.
What does “industry” mean?
All the business that make one kind of product or service.
What does “exports” mean?
a product that leaves a country.
What does “imports” mean?
a product brought into a country.
What does “triangular trade route” mean?
Shipping routes that connected England, the English colonies, and Africa.
What does “middle passage” mean?
The journey of millions of enslaved Africans who were forced to travel across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the West Indies.
What goods did New England import?
Manufactured goods from England, enslaved people, sugar, molasses and coffee from the West Indies.
What goods did New England export?
Grain, meat & fish to the West Indies. Tobacco, rice, furs and lumber to England.
Why did the Puritans found the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Religious freedom
What led to King Philip’s war?
The war was over land.
How was the common used in New England?
Grazing animals.
How did geography affect life and the economy in New England?
It was near the sea so they fished and built ships. The soil was thin and rocky so farmers raised dairy cows & sheep. The Colonists cut down trees and made lumber to build houses & ships.
How did many New England colonists earn their living?
They farmed, fished, and traded.
