New England Colonies
Hard to farm land due to
What is rocky soil & short growing seasons?
Crops raised to be sold for money
What are cash crops?
Skilled craftspeople, such as cabinet makers and blacksmiths
What are artisans?
Large groups of families that claim a common ancestor
What are clans?
The first people are
Who are the Native Americans?
Laws past by the English government to ensure England made money from its colonies trade
What are the Navigation Acts?
Highest ranking social group
Who are the elites?
Group of Protestant dissenters
Who are the Quakers?
Point at which waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver
What is a fall line?
People of Europe
Who are the colonists?
Complex system of transatlantic exchange of slaves, rum, and sugar
What was the Triangular Trade?
People who watch over and direct the work of slaves
Who are overseers?
Distinct religious group
What is a denomination?
Broad plateau that lies at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian range
What is the Piedmont?
Introduced indigo as a successful plantation crop
Who is Eliza Lucas?
Economic system that European nations used to enrich their treasuries
What is mercantilism?
1739 slave rebellion in South Carolina
What is the Stono Rebellion?
Settlement on the Delaware River that became the fastest growing city in the colonies
What is Philadelphia?
Name given to people from the borderlands of Scotland and England and from the region of northern Ireland
Who are the Scots-Irish?
Started an uprising by frontier settlers who were angry with Virginia Governor William Berkeley
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
Producing just enough food for one’s needs
What is subsistence farming?
Had ideal soil and a long growing season deal for...
What were crops such as rice and tobacco?
Covers wagons introduced by German immigrants
What are conestoga wagons?
Mountain range stretching from eastern Canada south to Alabama
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
1675-1676 Native American uprising against Puritan colonies
What is King Philip's War?