Forms of Government
The _________ is a lawmaking body made up of two houses, or groups.
Bicameral Legislature
Africans were brought across the Atlantic in a brutal journey called the
Middle Passage
Laws passed to control slaves were known as
Slave Codes
The scientist who confirmed the theory that the planets revolve around the sun was known as
Galileo Galilei
Items purchased from other countries are
Imports
False written statement that damages a person's reputation is known as
Libel
The trade network between the colonies, the West Indies, and Great Britain was known as
triangular trade
Taxes on goods brought into a country are called
Duties
The ________ was the movement in which scientists began re-examining the world and the universe.
Scientific Revolution
Crops grown mainly to be sold for profits are called
Cash Crops
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
Public church gatherings where masses of people came together to hear a minister's message were called
Revivals
The movement in which thinkers used reason and logic to study human nature and society was known as the
Enlightenment
Officials wanted to create a favorable balance of ________, in which more goods were sold to other countries than were brought from other countries.
Trade
The _______ was a group of royal advisors who set policy for England's colonies in North America.
Privy Council
Laws that kept colonists from trading specified items with any country other than England were known as the
Navigation Acts
Young people called ________ learned skilled trades from a master craftsmen
Apprentices
The careful examination of natural events and formation of theories from experiments and observations is known as the
Scientific Method
The Middle Colonies produced _______ such as wheat and barley.
Staple Crops
This would later be used by our Founding Fathers to write the US Constitution
The English Bill of Rights
This man was known as "The Gentleman Pirate"
Stede Bonnet
The __________ was a colonial teaching tool that had characters and stories from the Bible.
New England Primer
African American astronomer who accurately predicted an eclipse in 1789 and published an almanac was
Benjamin Banneker
Colonists sometimes established __________ to make decisions and laws for them
Assemblies / Town Meetings