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| Puritans | English Protestants, settle in Mass. Bay Colony, hard-working but intolerant |
| General Court | representative assembly in Mass. Bay Colony |
| Great Migration | large movement of Puritans to Mass. Bay Colony |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | plan of gov't, increases right to vote for men in Connecticut |
| toleration | willingness to let others practice their own beliefs |
| patroon | rich landowner in Dutch Colonies |
| proprietary colony | English, kings gives land to individuals in exchange for yearly payment |
| cash crop | surplus crop sold for money on world market |
| backcountry | area on frontier along the Appalachian Mts. |
| Breadbasket Colonies | nickname for Middle Colonies due to surplus of grain |
| Great Wagon Road | early pioneer route across the Appalachian Mts. |
| Mason-Dixon Line | border between Penn. & Maryland, also border between North and South |
| slave codes | laws that control behavior of slaves & deny them basic rights |
| racism | belief that one race is superior to another |
| Act of Toleration | law that gives religious freedom to Christians in Maryland |
| Bacon's Rebellion | uprising by backcountry Virginians due to neglect by gov't in Jamestown |
| Tidewater | rich lowland along Southern coast, plantations |
| Middle Passage | ocean trip from Africa to Americas, many slaves die |
| mercantilism | economic theory, a nation's strength comes from building up gold supplies and expanding trade |
| imports | trade goods brought into a country |
| exports | trade goods sent outside a country to market |
| Yankee | nickname for clever merchants from New England |
| Navigation Acts | laws that govern trade between England and the colonies |
| triangular trade | colonial trade route between New Eng., West Africa and West Indies, makes colonies wealthy |
| indentured servants | person signs contract to workd for a time in exchange for passage to the colonies |
| gentry | highest social class in colonies |
| Great Awakening | religious movement in colonies in 1730's and 40's |
| apprentice | person who learns a trade from a master craftsman |
| public schools | supported by public taxes, everyone a chance for an education |
| Enlightenment | movement to discover natural laws, stresses human reason |
| English Bill of Rights | document that protected the rights of English citizens |
| Quakers | Protestant reformers in Pennsylvania, believe in equlaity |
| indigo | blue dye grown in Southern colonies |
