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holy day of rest, very seriously
sabbath
crops that are sold for money at market
cash crops
a plant used to make a valuable blue dye
indigo
the three legs of the route that formed a triangle
triangular trade
publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation
libel
settlers discussed & voted on many issues
town meeting
rich owners of those large estates
patroons
people who owed money and could not pay it back
debtors
a group of people who have the power to make laws
legislature
education for rich and poor kids, supported by taxes
public schools
willingness to let others practice their own beliefs
religious tolerance
Protestant Reformers who were despised in England
Quakers
the belief that one race is superior to another
racism
merchants from New England that dominated colonial trade
Yankees
private schools girls, run by women in their own homes
led about 100 people out of Massachusetts to Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
the king gave land to oe or more people in return for a yearly payment
proprietary colony
treated enslaved Africans not as property but as human beings
slave codes
written list of freedoms government promises to protect
bill of rights
boys whose parents wished for them to learn a trade or craft so they worked for a master to learn a craft or a trade
apprentices
believed the Puritans Church of Massachusetts had too much power; founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
colony under the direct control of the English crown
royal colony
line that divided the middle colonies from the Southern colonies
Mason-Dixon Line
economic theory that a nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade
mercantilism
a huge religious movement of the 1730's-1740's
the great awakening