Vocab
A ranking in society based on wealth or importance.
class
He felt that colonists had lost their way with God and weren't as committed to that relationship.
Jonathan Edwards
The main reason why people settled and farmed in the __________ Colonies was because of the warm climate all year long.
Southern
What is a job for the upper class?
Gentry, landowners, rich merchants, church leaders
Showing a great deal of variety
diverse
To trade one good for another.
Barter
He was a Puritan minister whose ideas led him to leave Massachusetts and start a new colony.
Thomas Hooker
What were the machines used for grinding wheat into flour called?
Gristmills
What is a job for the middle class?
shopkeepers, doctors, lawyers
A product brought from other countries.
import
An area that shares physical or human characteristics.
region
She was a Puritan dissenter who felt that church leaders had too much power.
Anne Hutchinson
Over time, colonial trade developed into a pattern known as _____________.
Triangular Trade
What is a job for the lower class?
fishermen, farmers, indentured servants, apprentices
To talk or work with others.
To bring different things together; to place in proper order.
coordinate
He gave the colony to his brother who renamed it New York.
King Charles II
What did colonial children do?
Chores, trained to do a trade, made toys out of things that weren't needed, went to school, work full time at the age of 13 or 14
Someone who owns land or property is called a _______.
proprietor
A person specialized in one type of work or trade.
Artisan
A resource that can be made into other products.
Raw material
He was a preacher that inspired people to have stronger feelings towards God.
George Whitefield
What was different about the Maryland colony from most other colonies in North America?
They accepted Catholics.
Why were church leaders and gentry members of the upper class?
because of their wealth and importance in society
An economic idea popular in the, 1600s and 1700s, which suggested that governments should limit imports but increase manufacturing and exports, especially to colonies.
Mercantilism