Vocab 1
The way goods, wealth, and services are created and used.
Economy
An open area shared by all the villagers.
Common
What are the two types of economies that developed in southern countries.
Plantations with enslaved workers; smaller farms with no enslaved workers.
What were two of the important colonial colonies?
Boston, New York, Philadelphia.
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
"Short".
To send goods to another region or country.
Political Rights
What was triangular trade?
A trade route where goods and slaves were bought and sold at three destinations.
What was the Great Awakening?
A time when ministers tried to awaken a feeling of religion in colonists, a time when many new religious groups formed.
What would you find in the middle of "Toronto"?
The letter "o".
Frontier
A group of people who decide whether a person on trial is guilty or innocent.
Jury
What political rights did men in England have that colonial men did not?
Rights to representation, trial by jury.
You see me once in "June", twice in "November", and not at all in "May". What am I?
The letter "e".
To trade a product or service for another product or service.
Barter
The idea that a nation becomes stronger by building up its gold supply and increasing its trade.
Mercantilism
What goods and services were in colonial towns?
Food, handmade products, barrels; Grinding grain.
Why did England establish colonies?
To increase the wealth of Great Britain.
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
"NOON".
An item brought into a country or region from another country or region.
Import
Money that must be paid to a government.
Tax
How was the town common used?
A church, meetinghouse, school, and houses were built around it; volunteer army trained there.
What were Navigation Acts?
Laws passed by the British to regulate trade.
What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?
"Chicago".