Grade 5 13 colonies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 indentured servant | someone whose voyage to the colonies is paid in turn for 3-5 years worth of labor |
| slave | someone who is forced to work without pay |
| Native Americans | group of people who lived in the AMericas before Europeans |
| freedom of religion | one reason why people came to America |
| oceans | main source of New Englands economy |
| Puritans | religion of most New Englanders |
| expel | forced to leave |
| farming | what most of Southern economy was based on |
| tobacco | one major cash crop |
| indigo | plant that produces a blue dye |
| debtor | someone who owes money |
| William Penn | founded Pennsylavania |
| New Netherland | what NY and NJ were once called |
| export | goods leaving a country |
| import | goods coming into a country |
| diversity | the differences among people |
| plantations | a large farm |
| Fort Mose | First free African settlement |
| Great Awakening | renewed interest in religion |
| catholic | a religion of people in the southern colonies |
| Middle Passage | the voyage of slaves to the colonies |
| Triangular Trade Route | the routes that connected the colonies, England, the West Indies, and west coast of Africa |
| Anne Hutchinson/ Roger Williams | were expelled from NE colonies due to their different religious beliefs |
| naval stores | stores that can repair/ build ships |
| Georgia | was a colony set up so that England could send away their debtors |
| Benjamin Franklin | in Philadelphia he set up a fire fighting company, college, hospital, library |
| Quakers | a religion in some of the middle colonies |
| Trial by Jury | people accused of crimes will have their case decided by a group of citizens |
| gristmill | a place where grain is made into flour |
| Breadbasket Colonies | the middle colonies had so many crop that could be used to make flour/bread |
| cash crop | A crop that people grow to sell |
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