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Colonies
Term | Definition |
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Pennsylvania | Quakers |
Plymouth | |
Massachusetts Bay | P |
Jamestown | 1607 Economic Venture by the Virginia Company of London |
Roanoke Island | "lost colony" Economic colony |
Georgia | settled by debtors |
Three Religious Colonies | Roanoke Island,Jamestown,Georgia |
Religious and Economic | 2 reasons why people from england settled in North America |
interdepenence | 2 or more people depending on each other for good services |
New England Region | cold climate and rocky soil,fishing whaling, and shipbuilding,town meetings,church and village was the center of social life |
Mid-Atlantic region | live stock and grain farms,trading,moderate climate,market towns, diverse religions and people |
Southern region | humid climate,large farms & plantations,slaves & indentured servants,few cities and schools,counties |
Women | homemakers, caretakers, could NOT vote |
Framers | worked the land according to the region and relied on family for labor |
Large Land Owners | Lived in the South and were wealthy Used slaves and indentured servants for labor |
Enslaved African Americans | owned by master as property for life Had NO rights |
Indentured Servants | person who agreed to work without wages in exchange for their passage to the colonies. Were free when their contract was up |
Artisan | Skilled craftsmen |
free African | were able to own land Had economic freedom and could work for pay & decide how to spend their money |