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Backcountry
Runs west of the 13 Colonies along the Appalachian Mountains
Cash Crop
Crops grown for the sole purpose of making money
Charter
permission to start a colony
Colony
area conquered and controlled by a distant land
Joint-Stock Company
business in which investors pool their wealth in or to turn a profit
Mercantilism
economic system - colonies exist to benefit the Mother Company
Parliament
England's lawmaking body
Representative Government
government where people elect other to make the laws
Subsistence Farming
grow enough food to feed your family, with a little to trade
Triangular Trade
transatlantic system of trade which goods including slaves move between Africa, England,
Europe, the West Indies, and in North America
Build an empire
Political reason to create a colony
Gold and other resources, Mercantilism
Economic reason to create a colony
More land = More Resources
Geographic reason to create a colony
, people looking for a fresh start, debtors
Social reason to create a colony
Religious Freedom
Religious reason to create a colony
Jamestown, Virginia
1607, John Smith, John Rolfe, Tobacco
Plymouth, Massachusetts
1620, Pilgrims, Puritans, Mayflower Compact
New England Colonies
Poor rocky soil, Turned to the sea to make a living, Puritan Society
Middle Colonies
Fertile soil, Cash Crops, Breadbasket, Quakers, Tolerance
Southern Colonies
Year round growing season, Rice, Indigo, Tobacco, Slaves
Magna Carta 1215
Mother of all documents, First document to limit the power of the King
Glorious Revolution
William and Mary take over, Parliament makes the laws
English Bill of Rights 1689
Grants more rights to the English people, Influenced the US Bill of Rights
House of Burgesses 1619 (Virginia)
First representative assembly in the New World (America)
Salutary Neglect
When England did not enforce laws in the Colonies, encouraged the colonies to create their
own representative assemblies
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639
First constitution in the New World (America)
Mayflower Compact 1620
Agreement signed the men on the Mayflower so there would be law and order when the
got off the boat
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