Vocabulary 1
Expel
Force to leave
Import
Goods brought into a country
Define: Frontier
Most teachers in the New England colonies were ____ and _____.
men and strict
New England farmers struggled to do what?
Grow crops
Dissent
Disagreement
Export
Goods leaving a country
Define: Sedition
Speaking in ways that caused others to work against the government
Define: Hornbook
A piece of paper that was attached to a paddle-shaped frame and that showed the alphabet
What types of animals did New England farmers raise?
Cows (dairy), horses, chickens, hogs, sheep, and goats
Charter
Official paper
Industry
All the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service
What colony was founded in 1620?
Plymouth
The colonists believed that everyone should be able to do _____.
read
What is a port city?
A city on/near the water
Town Meeting
A meeting held once a year to vote on laws and elect leaders
Naval stores
Products and materials used to build ships
People came to New England to find...
religious and political freedom
Who was able to vote at a town meeting?
Only free white men who owned property
~DAILY DOUBLE~
Name the first 6 industries that were formed in New England.
*You must name ALL 6 to earn the points.*
Farming, Trading, Logging (lumber), Shipbuilding, Fishing, Whaling
Free-market
A system of trade where people are free to choose which goods to make or buy and which services to offer and use
The Middle Passage
A journey taken by slaves across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa to the West Indies
~DAILY DOUBLE~
Name the first 9 colonies to be founded in New England.
*You must have ALL 9 colonies to earn the points.*
Plymouth, Portsmouth, Salem, Boston, Providence, Hartford, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire
Puritans based their lives on their...
religious beliefs
The triangular trade routes connected...
England, the English colonies, and Africa