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Name a New England Colony
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
The forced transport and sale of African people to work as slaves, especially in the Americas
Slave Trade
A legal system based on custom and court rulings rather than written laws.
Common Law
Farming just enough food for a family to live on, with little left to sell.
Subsistence Farming:
Occurred in 1688; led to the English Bill of Rights and inspired colonial ideas about rights.
Glorious Revolution
Name a Middle Conony
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
What is A person who agreed to work for someone for a set number of years in exchange for passage to America
Indentured Servant
Jobs related to the sea, like fishing, shipbuilding, and trading.
Maritime Industries:
Local gatherings where citizens voted on laws and policies.
Town Meetings
This happened in 1492
Christopher Columbus Sailed to the Americas
Name a Southern Colony
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Crops grown to be sold for money, like tobacco, rice, and cotton
Cash Crops
An Enlightenment thinker who believed in natural rights and government by consent.
John Locke
A document that limited the powers of the king and protected rights of citizens.
English Bill of Rights
: The idea that people give up some freedoms to a government in exchange for protection of rights.
Social Contract
Which state was known for Plantations
South Carolina
The right to practice any religion or none at all.
Religious Liberty
Adopted in 1639; established a framework for government in Connecticut.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Signed in 1620 aboard the Mayflower; early step toward self-government.
Mayflower Compact
A key reason many colonists came to America; later protected by law.
Religious Liberty
Which Colony was known for ship building.
New England
A religious revival movement in the 1700s that emphasized personal faith.
Great Awakening
The first elected legislative assembly in the American colonies
House of Burgesses
His trial in 1735 helped establish freedom of the press in America.
John Peter Zenger
Strengthened by the Zenger trial; protected in the First Amendment.
Freedom of the Press