The day of rest for the Christian religion.
Sabbath
A colony under direct control of the mainland.
Royal Colony
Law that gave freedom to all Christians
Act of Toleration.
An item that is sent out of a country to be sold
Export
A private teacher.
Tutor
People who wanted to separate from the english church and begin their own, more simplistic, church
Puritans
An owner of a large estate.
Patroon
Colony set up by Lord Baltimore
Maryland
An object bought and brought into a country
Import
A school for girls
Dame School
The founder of Connecticut
A crop sold for money.
Cash Crop
A blue plant that was expensive and was sold to England for lots of money.
Indigo
A type of trade that had 3 separate parts of the route, forming a shape that may or may not have 3 sides.
Triangular Trade
Publishing something that will unjustly hurt someone's reputation.
Libel
Where important issues were talked about and voted on.
Town Meetings
A group of people who where hated in England for their beliefs.
Quakers
Someone who owed money to another person.
Debtor
A theory that nations become strong by keeping a strong control over trade.
Mercantilism
Wealthy people at the top of society
gentry
A plan of government that let all men who owned land, not just church members, and greatly decreased the governor's power.
The Fundamental laws of Connecticut
The nickname of the group of germans who came to Pennsylvania and their real name was too hard to pronounce.
The Pennsylvania Dutch
The dividing line between the middle and southern colonies.
The Mason Dixon Line
A trader who dominated English and Colonial trade.
Yankee
Indentured Servent