Colonial America Vocabulary

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire. Founded by Puritans for religious freedom.

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• New England Colonies

included New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware; most diverse area of the 13 colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• New England Colonies

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia. Colonies with hot summers and mild winters, focus on growing cash crops on plantations which led to need for slaves

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• New England Colonies

native people who lived in America before the Europeans arrived

• American Indian

• Colony

• Colonists

• Profit

an area of land owned by another country

• American Indian

• Colony

• Colonists

• Profit

a person living in a colony

• American Indian

• Colony

• Colonists

• Artisan

To worship as one chooses; a reason why many people came to the Americas

• Religion

• Apprentice

• Religious Freedom

• Landowner

a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices

• Religion

• Apprentice

• Religious Freedom

• Landowner

Exchange of goods and services

• Perspective

• Economy

• Patriotism

• Trade

money made... the money a business receives for its products or services over and above its costs

• Education

• Profit

• Slave

• Religion