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Ch 4 Colonies
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.
