Forms of Government
Colonists sometimes established _____________ to make decisions and laws for them.
Town Meetings / Assemblies
Taxes on goods brought into a country are called
Duties
Laws passed to control slaves were known as
Slave Codes
Public church gatherings where masses of people came together to hear a minister's message were called
Revivals
Items purchased from other countries are called
Imports
The _____________ is a lawmaking body made up of two houses, or groups.
Bicameral Legislature
The trade network between the colonies, the West Indies, and Great Britain was known as
triangular trade
Crops grown mainly to be sold for profits are called
Cash Crops
The careful examination of natural events and formation of theories from experiments and observations is known as the
The Scientific Method
The religious leader who helped develop the American style of dramatic sermons was
Jonathan Edwards
False written statement that damages a person's reputation is known as
Libel
Laws that kept colonists from trading specified items with any country other than England were known as the
Navigation Acts
The South's economy was based on agriculture and _________ like wood and tar.
Exports
The movement in which thinkers used reason and logic to study human nature and society was known as the
Enlightenment
Officials wanted to keep a good balance of ______________ in which more goods were sold to other countries than were brought from other countries.
Trade
Government that united the New England colonies was known as the
The Dominion of New England
The practice of creating and keeping wealth by carefully controlling trade is known as
Mercantilism
Young people called ____________ learned skilled trades from master craftsmen.
Apprentices
The ___________ was the movement in which scientists began re-examining the world and the universe.
Scientific Revolution
African American astronomer who accurately predicted an eclipse in 1789 and published an almanac was?
Benjamin Banneker
The __________ was a group of royal advisors who set policy for England's colonies in North America.
Privy Council
Africans were brought across the Atlantic in a brutal journal known as the __________
Middle Passage
The middle colonies produced ___________ such as wheat and barley.
Staple Crops
The __________ was a colonial teaching tool that had characters and stories from the Bible.
New England Primer
New England poet who wrote about her love for her family and her religious faith was?
Anna. Bradstreet