13 colonies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 majority of settlers | came to the colonies for economic opportunity and land or to avoid political and religious unrest at home. |
| Jamestown | The first English settlement was founded at _____________ in 1607. |
| joint-stock companies | Many colonies were founded by private ________________, owned by individuals who had received permits from the English monarch to colonize lands claimed by England. |
| charter | is a document issued by a king or queen giving the charter holder (person or company) the right to establish a colony. |
| Pilgrims (also known as separatists) | came to the New World in 1620 to worship their own way, after cutting ties to the Church of England or Anglican Church. |
| Roanoke | was one of the first settlements, and the colonists mysteriously disappeared. |
| First permanent colonies | were Jamestown, Virginia and Plymouth, Massachusetts. |
| The New England Colonies | were: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island and had rocky soil, timber and good fishing. |
| The Middle Colonies | were Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and had large farms with surpluses of corn, wheat, and other agricultural products used for export. |
| The Southern Colonies | were Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland. |
| Indigo | is a plant that produces blue dye for coloring textiles. |
| The Virginia House of Burgesses | was the first representative legislature in the colonies. |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | limited government power, expanded the idea of representative government, and gave the vote to all men to who property owners. |
| Enlightenment | was a movement that believed in the ability of man to reason and use logic to solve problems. |
| Triangular Trade | routes were a series of colonial trade routes between Africa, New England, and the West Indies. (Slave trade was a major part.) |
| Proclamation of 1763 | prohibited settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Indentured servants | signed a contract to work for several years to pay for their passage to the New World. |
| Slaves | were kept in bondage for life and were treated as property. |
| Qualifications for voting | included property ownership and sometimes religion, white males over 21 who owned property. |
| Mercantilism | is an economic theory that believes a nation can become strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade with other countries. |
| Navigation Acts | were a series of laws aimed at strengthening the English government's control over colonial trade. |
| Great Awakening | was a movement that pushed to separate church and state. |
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