Ch 4 Colonies

region• An area defined by

common features or conditions

• Ex- land – coastal- mountains- plains

climate•The pattern

of weather in a place over a long period of time

dissent• To disagree or

disagreement

proprietor•Someone who owns land or property

diverse• Groups who

have different backgrounds, home countries, beliefs, ect.

barter•To trade

export•Products sold to other countries

import• Products

brought from other countries to be sold in the Colonies

raw materials•Resources

that can be made into a product•Ex- timber into

a table

mercantilism• An economic idea

in the 1600-1700s that countries would benefit from trade when they exported more than they imported

triangular trade• A trade that

has 3 stops going between Africa, North America, and Europe

artisan• A skilled

worker• Ex- blacksmith,

carpenter, wigmaker, basketmaker

classes•How society

groups people, based on wealth or importance

slavery• A system in

which people are bought and sold as if they were property

Middle Passage• 1st Africans were captured

• 2nd (Middle Passage)- Africans were forced onto ships – bound together with chains- and made to lay side by side with little room to stand or stretch and left in darkness for weeks or months- some died because of the harsh conditions

• 3rd- sold and sometimes separated from their families

uprising•A rebellion-

people fought back or against someone in charge

King Phillip’s War• Metacom a

Wampanog leader in New England began a war against the colonists in that region

• In the end Metacom was defeated and many of his people died

Ally• A military

partner• Someone

who will fight on your side

treaty•A formal agreement between countries

Pontiac’s Rebellion• The British (England)

took over the Ohio River valley.

• They started to change the land

• This made Pontiac an Ottawa leader mad

• He led an attack• In the end the British

won

Proclamation of 1763• This was an order

from King George III that colonists could not settle land west of the Appalachian Mountains.