Colonies Test- SS Flashcards
Great Migration
New people flocked to Massachusetts Bay colony
Connecticut
founded by Thomas Hooker
Rhode Island
founded by Roger WIlliams
New Hampshire
located near the coastal settlements of Boston
economy of New England
many people were farmers, ran saw mills, made maple syrup, or were fishermen
which religion was influential?
Puritan
New York
was originally Dutch and the ruler use to be Peter Stuivesant. The name is New York because King Charles 2 gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York.
New Jersey
lower part of New York
PA
founded by William Penn. the name literally means Penn’s woodlands
Quaker colony/Holy experiment
model of religious freedom, peace, and Christian living
Delaware
lower counties of PA colony.
cash crops
crops raised for sale on the market
back country
area of land along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian mountains
Mason-Dixon line
border between PA and MD
MD
chartered to Sir George Calvert, was made for Catholics to worship freely
GA
founded by James Oglethorpe, it was a penal colony
penal colony
place for debtors to go, rather than jail in England
Tide water
area along the Atlantic coast
slave codes
laws that limited the rights of slaves, slaves treated as property, not human.
Imports
goods brought into a country
exports
goods sent to market outside the country
triangular trade
trade between countries, Africa and England
- slaves from Africa to colonies
- raw materials from colonies to England and Africa
- manufactured goods to Africa and colonies
power of the purse
right to raise and spend money was held by the legislators
bill of rights
a written list of freedoms the govt promises to protect. English won a bill of rights during the glorious revolution. Would be important to the American Revolution later on.