C5: The Thirteen Colonies - VOCAB & PEOPLE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 dissent | disagreement |
| expel | to force to leave |
| industry | All the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service. |
| imports | A product brought into a country. |
| exports | A product that leaves a country. |
| triangular trade route | Routes connecting the English colonies, England, the West Indies, and the west coast of Africa. On a map, the trade routes formed triangles across the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Middle Passage | The journey that millions of enslaved Africans were forced to make from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean, to the English colonies. They were captured in Africa and later sold as enslaved workers in the English colonies. |
| John Winthrop | (1588-1649) Puritan leader who served as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. |
| Roger Williams | (1603-1683) Founder of Providence in what is now Rhode Island. He was forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay. |
| Anne Hutchinson | (1591-1643) English colonist who was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her religious beliefs. |
| Metacomet | (1639?-1676) Leader of the Wampanoag tribe, called King Philip. |
| Massachusetts Bay | The Puritans built Salem, a village on Massachusetts Bay. |
| Rhode Island | Founded during 1600s, as colonists spread across New England. |
| Connecticut | Founded during 1600s, as colonists spread across New England. |
| The New England colonies are... | Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. |
| refuge | A safe place. |
| proprietor | An owner. |
| trial by jury | The right of a person to be tried by a jury, or a group, of citizens to decide if the person is guilty or innocent of committing a crime. |
| immigrant | A person who comes into a country to make a new life. |
| diversity | Differences between people. |
| religious tolerance | Acceptance of religious differences. |
| apprentice | A person who lived and worked with an artisan's family for several years, learning a skill in order to earn a living. |
| Peter Stuyvesant | (1610?-1672) Dutch governor of New Netherland. |
| King Charles II | (1630-1685) English King who gained control of the Atlantic coast of North America. |
| William Penn | (1644-1718) English Quaker who founded the Pennsylvania Colony. |
| The Middle Colonies are... | Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. |
| constitution | A written plan of government. |
| debtor | A person who was put in prison for owing money. |
| planter | A plantation owner. |
| indigo | A plant from which a blue dye can be produced. |
| broker | A person who is paid to buy and sell for someone else. |
| naval stores | Products used to build ships. |
| Cecilius Calvert | (1605-1675) Established the Maryland Colony. |
| James Oglethorpe | (1696-1785) English leader who founded the Georgia Colony. |
| Olaudah Equiano | (1750?-1797) Former enslaved person who bought his freedom and later wrote a book about his life. |
| Eliza Lucas Pinckney | (1722?-1793) South Carolina colonist who experimented with growing indigo plants. |
| The Southern Colonies are... | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| Fort Mose | Started in 1738, this was the first free African settlement in North America. It was started by some Africans who had escaped and went to live with the Seminole tribe in Spanish Florida. |
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