Regional Vibes
This regions was known as the "breadbasket" because of its large amounts of grain production.
Middle colonies
These types of crops, like tobacco and indigo, are grown for profit rather than personal use.
Cash Crops
This brutal leg of the Triangular Trade transported enslaved Africans to the Americas.
The Middle Passage
This New England meeting allowed for "direct democracy" where citizens voted on laws. (Primarily white, male, landowners)
Town meetings
This major port city in the Middle Colonies was a hub for trade and new ideas.
Philadelphia
Because the soil was rocky and thin, this region turned to shipbuilding and fishing.
The New England Colonies
This theory states that colonies exist solely to make the "Mother Country" wealthy.
Mercantilism
This was the official church of the Southern elite.
Anglican church
Located in Virginia, this was the first representative assembly in the colonies.
The House of Burgesses
New England's economy relied on this natural resource to build ships.
Timber (forests)
This religious group in New England valued literacy so they could read the Bible.
Puritans
These specific laws required all colopnial trade to be carried on English ships.
The Navigation Acts
This religious revival in the 1730's-1740's encouraged people to challenge authority.
The Great Awakening
In the South, power was held by this small group of wealthy landowners.
The Planter class
These made transportation easier in the South but were less useful in the North's interior.
Navigable rivers
While New England had towns, this region characterized spread-out plantations.
The Southern Colonies
This term describes the policy of loosely enforcing trade laws for many years.
Salutary Neglect
This 1739 event was the largest uprising of enslaved people in the mainland colonies.
The Stono Rebellion
This 1620 document was an agreement by the Pilgrims to form their own government.
The Mayflower Compact
This colony served as a "buffer" between the English and Spanish Florida
Georgia
This Middle colony was founded as a "Holy Experiment" based on Quaker principles.
Pennsylvania
To avoid the Navigation Acts, many New England merchants turned to this illegal activity.
Smuggling
The Middle Colonies were unique because they practiced this "T" word regarding religion.
Tolerance
Contrast participation in a Town Meeting versus the House of Burgesses.
Town meeting= direct democracy
House of Burgesses = Representative democracy
This geography-based labor system was the backbone of the Southern economy.
The Plantation System