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

native people who lived in America before the Europeans arrived

an area of land owned by another country

a person living in a colony

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

a set of spiritual beliefs, values, and practices

Exchange of goods and services

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

system by which goods and services are produced and distributed to meet people's needs

one way of looking at things; a point of view

the system or way people in a society share knowledge and learning

Love for one's country

servants who agreed to work for a period of time with no pay in exchange for a trip to America

property - slave owners could do anything with their slaves (buy, sell, etc)

a large farm that used slaves to grow crops

a young person that is learning a specific skill from someone else who is a master at that skill

person who owns land, mostly lived in Southern colonies, relied on servants and slaves to produce crops and keep plantations running

skilled workers who make goods by hand (like blacksmiths, butchers, millers, printers, coopers, wigmakers, cobblers, tailors, and gunsmiths)