People & Society
This term refers to a member of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Native American
This term means “rule by the people.”
Democracy
This is the term for a strong effect something has on someone or something else.
Impact
These colonies included cities like Philadelphia and regions like New York and New Jersey.
Middle Colonies
This term refers to the point of view from which something is considered.
Perspective
DD
A person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
Slave or enslaved person
This document limited the power of the monarchy in England.
Magna Carta
This cash crop was a major export of Virginia and Maryland.
Tobacco
These colonies included Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth.
New England Colonies
This kind of source comes directly from the time period being studied.
Primary Source
A person under contract to work for another for a set time, usually for passage to a new country.
Indentured Servant
This is the lawmaking body in England, involved in colonial policy.
Parliament
This trade route connected the Americas, Africa, and Europe in the 1700s.
Triangle Trade
These colonies, like Virginia and Georgia, depended heavily on agriculture and cash crops.
Southern Colonies
DD
This refers to looking at both similarities and differences.
Compare and Contrast
These settlers established communities away from their homeland.
Colonists
This term refers to citizens ruling and managing their own affairs.
Self-Governance
Bringing goods into a country from abroad.
Import
A place of gathering and worship in New England towns.
Meetinghouse
This term refers to the overall attitude or character of a piece of writing.
Tone
This philosopher’s ideas on liberty influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
This economic policy encouraged British control of colonial trade for profit.
Mercantilism
Sending goods to another country, usually for sale.
Export
A colony granted permission to govern itself by the king or queen.
Charter Colony / Company
This intellectual movement emphasized reason and individualism over tradition.
Enlightenment