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Wheat, barley, oats, rye, and corn.

(It was called the breadbasket)

Middle Colonies
Economy

A person who makes a

journey for religious
reasons.

Pilgrim

Massachusetts, New Hampshire,

Rhode Island, and Connecticut

New England Colonies

There land was too rocky and soil

was not fertile enough for farmland.

New England Colonies

Geography

The first law-making body in an

English colony. They began the
tradition of self-government in the
English colonies.

House of Burgesses

A gathering where colonists held

elections and voted on the laws for
their towns.

Town Hall Meeting

A pattern of trading from the West

Indies, to England and Africa.

Triangular Trade

People who came to live in a

country from another country.

immigrant

Tobacco, indigo, rice, sugar,

corn, and wheat

Southern Colonies
Economy

She left Massachusetts because of her

religious beliefs. Settled near
Providence, Rhode Island.

Anne Hutchinson

The name of the conflict between

colonists and Native Americans over
land sales.

King Phillips War

He was a Quaker who made

Pennsylvania a refuge for settlers who
wanted religious freedom.

William Penn

Founder of Providence, Rhode Island.

He was forced to leave Massachusetts
because of his beliefs.

Roger Williams

(Cecilius Calvert) First proprietor

of the colony of Maryland.

Lord Baltimore

The time of year when it is warm

enough for plants to grow.

Growing Season

A crop people raise to sell to

others for money.

Cash Crop

He was the founder or Providence,

Rhode Island. He was forced to
leave Massachusetts because of
his beliefs

Roger Williams

The name of the voyage from Africa

to the West Indies made by slaves.
The slaves were packed into filthy
ships and sold or traded for profit.

Middle Passage

A person who agrees to work for

another person without pay for a
certain length of time.

Indentured Servant

This colony had the first elected

legislature in the colonies.

Virginia

The first document ever

created in the New World.

Mayflower Compact

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,

South Carolina, and Georgia

Southern Colonies

South Carolina settler who gave away

indigo seeds. Indigo became an
important cash crop.

Eliza Lucas

New York, New Jersey,

Pennsylvania, and Delaware

Middle Colonies

Religious freedom, release from

prison, economic opportunity, or
slavery

Reasons to come to
America

The first written form of government

in North America. (It started in
Connecticut)

Fundamental Orders

Fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding,

and manufacturing

New England Colonies

Economy

A law that stated all people have

the right to worship freely.

Toleration Act

The name of the mountain range that

borders to the west of the 13 colonies.

Appalachian Mountains

Was formed with a charter from

King James I in 1606. It was joint
stock corporation charged with the
settlement of Virginia

Virginia Company of
London

A huge farm found in the

Southern Colonies.

Plantation

A minister who led about 100 colonists

west to the Connecticut River. He
founded the town of Hartford.

Thomas Hooker

Another name for Quakers

Society of Friends

Olaudah Equiano

An enslaved boy who

survived the Middle
Passage

He wanted Georgia to be a place

for poor people and debtors.

James Oglethorpe

Philadelphias most famous

citizen.

Benjamin Franklin

The name given to the

renewed interest in religion.

The Great Awakening

Name the 3 things that Benjamin

Franklin help start in Philadelphia

Public Library, Fire

Company, and Hospital

Someone who studies with a

master to learn a skill or business

Apprentice

A group of people with the power

to make and change laws.

Legislature