13 Colonies
King George III
Triangle Trade
Historical Vocabulary
100

The three things that English Colonists (generally) came to North America for.

What are Money, Land, and Freedom?

100
King George sent this type of political figure to rule the colonies for him... much to the anger of the American colonists

What is a Royal Governor?

100

Triangle Trade connects Africa, North and South America, the Caribbean, and this "Old World" continent.

What is Europe?

100

Items created with raw materials.

What are manufactured goods?

200

This nickname for the Southern Colonies had to do with a famous cash crop.

What is the Tobacco Colonies?

200

King George III was only 25 when the Seven Years War ended, often known by this name in the USA today.

What is the French and Indian War?

200

This kind of product is like the ingredients in a recipe; it can be used to make something new.

What are raw materials?

200

The work done to harvest raw materials

What is labor?

300
Plantation owners like Thomas Jefferson and this famous first president made a lot of money selling crops... but used slaves in order to do it.

Who is George Washington?

300

Stacks on stacks! In order to pay back his war debts, King George enforced taxes on paper products using this Act, named after an important paper product used for mailing letters

What is the Stamp Act?

300

Slaves kidnapped from Africa had to endure this route while being sent from their home to the New World.

What is the Middle Passage?

300

Rich, wealthy, financially successful.

What is prosperous?

400

The Proclamation of 1763 prevented colonists from moving west in order to prevent a conflict with this group of people.

Who are the Native Americans?

400

King George made people who sold molasses and other sweet treats particularly angry with this act, which placed a tax on a crop grown most often in the Caribbean.

What is the Sugar Act?

400

While slavery became the most common form of unpaid labor in the New World, many people held in bondage in the early years were this kind of laborer.

What is an indentured servant?

400

To exercise control over one's own political affairs.

What is to self-govern?

500

This colony was home to the House of Burgesses, the first representative assembly in the New World (if you were a land-owning white man).

What is Virginia?

500
King George decided his "hands off" approach wasn't going to work after the French and Indian war, so he went with a more hands on style with this form of rule.

What is Personal Rule?

500
Triangle Trade helped grow industry and the economy in the New World, particularly in trading cities like Philadelphia and this city featured in the novel Chains.

What is New York City?

500

A payment required for certain items, like sugar, paper, or tea.

What is a tax?

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