New England/Middle Colonies
Explain the weather and growing season in the New England colonies
Cooler temperatures, short growing season
Explain the weather and the growing season in the Southern Colonies
Long growing season and warm weather
Mayflower Compact
A document that everyone signed to obey the laws and form a community
Triangular Trade
What is trade between three places?
There was greater _____ in the Middle Colonies than anywhere else in the 13 colonies.
Diversity
Native Americans
Showed the first colonists how to grow crops and also traded furs and foods for Europeans Goods
Define what a plantation is
A large farm that only grew a few crops
English Bill of Rights
A list of rights that were guaranteed to all English people
Indentured Servant
A person who agrees to work for another person for a set period of time in exchange for payment of travel expenses, food, and shelter
Women
Worked in the home, farms and businesses. Acted as nurses, and caretakers.
The House of Burgesses
An assembly of elected representatives from Virginia
Magna Carta
A document that established rights and freedoms for the people of England
Religious Toleration
The practice of allowing people to have and practice their own religions and beliefs
Name the 4 colonies in the Middle Region
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Children
Helped with chores like taking care of livestock, growing crops. Family businesses as well.
What was the Atlantic Slave trade?
Forced transportation of Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas for the purpose of enslavement and sale
Common law
The same rules should apply to everyone
Cash crops
Crops that are planted for the purpose of selling to make profit
Name the 4 colonies in the New England Region
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Enslaved Africans
Farmed on the Southern plantations, craftsmen
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
A religious movement that took place in the 13 colonies
Subsistence Farming
A type of farming where a farmer grows crops or raises livestock for just their family