Unit 1Flash Cards

13 colonies*be able to label

them*

Regions of 13 colonies

debt

Money that is owed

frontier

Edge of settled country that lies next to wild,

unsettled land

Slave codes

Laws to control slaves

Plantation

Large farm that produces one main product

Tolerate

To let others have their own beliefs

Indentured servants

People bound to work without pay for a number of years, after which time

the person is free

Refuge

A place a person can go to for safety

Wilderness

Wild place with no settlers

Triangular trade

System of trading goods and services

Independent

Not controlled by others

England

Had complete control over the 13 colonies

Most people came to America

for…

Religious freedom, to make a better life for

themselves & to be free from persecution

The Breadbasket of America

Middle colonies was known as this

Farming

Most people in the Middle Colonies made

a living this way

Rocky soil & long, cold winters

Made growing food difficult in New England

colonies

Fishing & shipbuilding

Important occupations in the New England

colonies

Pennsylvania

Attracted all kinds of people and religions and

was very tolerant

Rice, tobacco, and cotton

South’s main crops

William Penn

Founded Pennsylvania

Slaves

Worked on plantations in the South and had no

rights/freedoms

New England colonies

Religion was the center of life, and education was

important so that children could learn to read the Bible

Southern colonies

This region had a warm climate and long growing

system

Navigation Acts

Set up by England and restricted what, how and with whom the colonies

could trade

Plantations

Most Southern colonists lived on these and had

majority of slaves