Chapter 3-Expansion and Establishment Flashcards
Natural increase
When there were more men than women so the population grew very slowly.
“Great Migration”
10,000 people settled during the first 10 years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
“Middle Passage”
The African’s journey to the New World.
Frontier AKA “back country”
The undeveloped area at the edge of the settled areas.
Conestoga wagon
They were used to carry people’s belongings.
Subsistence farmers
Farmers who were able to raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families.
Plantations
Large farms tended by laborers.
Tidewater
Areas along coastal rivers and inlets.
Triangular trade
The trade routes followed a triangle shape on the map.
Europe+North America+Africa.
John Elliot
Translated the New Testament into Algonquin.
“Praying towns”
Taught European laws and manners.
Pequot War
Puritans attacked the Pequot indians over the murder of some colonists.
King Phillip’s war
600 colonist and 3000 Indians died during this war.
Bacon’s Rebellion
Colonists responded to an Indian attack by talking the wrong Indians.
Militia
The local army.
