USHC Standard 1 Vocab

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Northern Colonies

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Colonies like Massachusetts and Pennsylvania focused on trade, shipbuilding, small farms, and religious communities.

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Southern Colonies

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Colonies like Virginia and South Carolina where agriculture and large plantations with enslaved labor dominated the economy.

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Mercantilism

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An economic policy where colonies exist to make the mother country rich by providing raw materials and buying finished goods.

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Triangle Trade

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A trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods, enslaved Africans, and raw materials.

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Salutary Neglect

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A period when Britain ignored strict enforcement of laws in the colonies, allowing them to govern themselves.

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New England Town Meetings

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Local meetings where citizens discussed and voted on issues—an early form of direct democracy.

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Mayflower Compact

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A 1620 agreement by Pilgrims to form a government and follow its laws—an early example of self-government.

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Self-Government

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The idea that people can govern themselves without direct control from a king or ruler.

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Puritans

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A religious group that settled in New England to purify the Church of England and build a religious society.

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Quakers

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A peaceful religious group that believed in equality and settled mainly in Pennsylvania under William Penn.