Chapter 7 Flashcards
British
Coming from located or in Great Britain the most important part of Great Britain is the country of England for this reason British and English are often used to mean the same thing.
Colonial regions
Areas n North America where different kinds of colonies developed because of differences in the climate and natural features or Geography the three colonial regions were New England middle and southern regions.
Economy
The way that a particular region or county organizes the manufacture and exchange of such things as money food products and services an economy includes a system of money and all the business industries farms and so on that help produce,sell or trade things of value.
Democratic
Controlled or run by People of themselves with each person having an equal say. In democratic government people usually elect representatives to make laws for them and every persons votes counts equally. In some other kinds of government one person or a few people have the power to rule over everyone else without being elected.
Diverse
Different from each other. For example the people who settled in the middle colonies were very diverse.
Indentured servants
Individuals who agreed to work for a period of time (7 years) in exchange for a free passage from Europe.
Grant
To give to someone something he or she has asked for. For example, the king granted William penn the land called Pennsylvania.
Assembly
A group of government officials who meet to make laws.