13 Colonies Vocab Arnold

Middle Passage

• The journey of 10-15 million enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas in unsanitary and inhumane conditions.

• This document is considered the first written Constitution in the 13 English colonies and put strict controls on the government.
• brackish water, swampy land, lack of food, conflict with the Powhatan nation
• The first representative government in the 13 English colonies in North America establishing self government in 1619 Virginia.
• These people were typically the ones who had the right to vote in the English colonies.

Separatists/Saints

• A group of people who traveled to North America for religious freedom on the Mayflower and wanted to separate from the Church of England.
• The journey of 10-15 mission enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas in unsanitary and inhumane conditions.
• This document is considered the first written Constitution in the 13 English colonies and put strict controls on the government.
• brackish water, swampy land, lack of food, conflict with the Powhatan nation
• The first representative government in the 13 English colonies in North America establishing self government in 1619 Virginia.

Triangular Trade

• The exchange of raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved workers between Europe, Africa, and America.
• A group of people who traveled to North America for religious freedom on the Mayflower and wanted to separate from the Church of England.
• The journey of 10-15 mission enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas in unsanitary and inhumane conditions.
• This document is considered the first written Constitution in the 13 English colonies and put strict controls on the government.
• brackish water, swampy land, lack of food, conflict with the Powhatan nation

mercantilism

• The colonies exist to serve the mother country by making the mother country wealthy.
• The exchange of raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved workers between Europe, Africa, and America.
• A group of people who traveled to North America for religious freedom on the Mayflower and wanted to separate from the Church of England.
• The journey of 10-15 mission enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas in unsanitary and inhumane conditions.
• This document is considered the first written Constitution in the 13 English colonies and put strict controls on the government.

Roanoke

• England attempted in 1585 & 1587 to unsuccessfully establish a colony under the leadership of John White.
• The colonies exist to serve the mother country by making the mother country wealthy.
• The exchange of raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved workers between Europe, Africa, and America.
• A group of people who traveled to North America for religious freedom on the Mayflower and wanted to separate from the Church of England.
• The journey of 10-15 mission enslaved people from West Africa to the Americas in unsanitary and inhumane conditions.

Jamestown

• The London Company of Virginia helped to establish this colony in 1607 with a charter from King James I.
• England attempted in 1585 & 1587 to unsuccessfully establish a colony under the leadership of John White.
• The colonies exist to serve the mother country by making the mother country wealthy.
• The exchange of raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved workers between Europe, Africa, and America.
• A group of people who traveled to North America for religious freedom on the Mayflower and wanted to separate from the Church of England.

toleration

• The idea that a person can practice a religion in the colonies without fear of persecution.
• The London Company of Virginia helped to establish this colony in 1607 with a charter from King James I.
• England attempted in 1585 & 1587 to unsuccessfully establish a colony under the leadership of John White.
• The colonies exist to serve the mother country by making the mother country wealthy.
• The exchange of raw materials, manufactured goods, and enslaved workers between Europe, Africa, and America.

Mayflower Compact

• A document from November, 1620 that was signed by 41 men at Plymouth to create a self government and civil society.
• The idea that a person can practice a religion in the colonies without fear of persecution.
• The London Company of Virginia helped to establish this colony in 1607 with a charter from King James I.
• England attempted in 1585 & 1587 to unsuccessfully establish a colony under the leadership of John White.
• The colonies exist to serve the mother country by making the mother country wealthy.

geography and natural resources

• These are factors that most influence the type of economy a colony has.
• A document from November, 1620 that was signed by 41 men at Plymouth to create a self government and civil society.
• The idea that a person can practice a religion in the colonies without fear of persecution.
• The London Company of Virginia helped to establish this colony in 1607 with a charter from King James I.
• England attempted in 1585 & 1587 to unsuccessfully establish a colony under the leadership of John White.

Pennsylvania

• This colony was established as a safe place for Quakers to practice their religion and others too.
• These are factors that most influence the type of economy a colony has.
• A document from November, 1620 that was signed by 41 men at Plymouth to create a self government and civil society.
• The idea that a person can practice a religion in the colonies without fear of persecution.
• The London Company of Virginia helped to establish this colony in 1607 with a charter from King James I.