Unit test 1 Flashcards
a joint agreement between 2 or more people ; similar to a contract
compact
exploration
to travel our new territory for adventure and discovery
group of english protestants who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony
puritans
merchantilism
theory that a nations economic strength came from protesting and increasing its home economy by keeping strict control over its colonial trade
indentured servants
person who agrees to work without wages for a period of time in exchange for passages to the colonies
crop sold at market
cash crop
person who can not pay money he/she owes
debtor
transatlantic slave trade
the slave trade route route across the atlantic ocean from England to Africa to the colonies
subsistence farming
growing enough food for your family to live on
to move to another place
migration
what are the New England colonies?
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
what are the middle colonies?
New York
Pennsylvania
New jersey
Delaware
what are the southern colonies?
Maryland Jamestown, Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
what are the five Great Lakes?
Lake superior Lake Michigan Lake Huron Lake Ontario Lake Erie
1215
Magna Carta
1607
Jamestown
1689
English Bill of Rights
1619
Virginia House of burgesses
1620
mayflower compact
1639
fundamental orders of Connecticut
he who does not work neither shall he eat
John Smith
breadbasket colonies
middle colonies
plantation colonies
Southern colonies
Ocean colonies
New England colonies
