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| geography & climate | the main reasons for a variety of products in the different regions of the new world |
| triangular trade | trade route from the new world, to europe then africa and back to the new world (west indies) |
| definition of religious toleration | allowing others to practice their own religion without interruption or disturbance |
| characteristics of the new england colonies | short growing season,economy was based on trade, ship building and fishing, the soil was rocking. |
| characteristics of the middle colonies | moderate growing season, economy was based on trade and farming |
| john smith | leader of jamestown colony who forced the colonists to abandon their search for riches and focus on survival |
| northwest passage | passage that many explorers searched for in the new world in order to find a shorter route to asia |
| new england town meetings & virginia house of burgesses | first examples of self government in the colonies |
| natural harbors | geographic feature of the atlantic coastline which allowed for a growth in colonial trade |
| mayflower compact | this created a government that would benefit the colony of plymouth |
| positive impacts of the colombian exchnge | the transport of corn, beans, peanuts, tobacco, squashes etc. to europe, africa and asia |
| disease | major cause of death among natives after first contact with the spanish |
| the columbian echange | exchange of goods and ideas from thenew world t the old world and vise versa |
| colony at roanoke | first attempt by england to settle in the new world. this colony mysteriously vanished with little evidence of what happened |
| reason why slaves were needed in the southern colonies | in order to work the fields and tend the crops on the plantations and farms |
| negative impacts of the columbian exchange | the bringing of small pox, measles, and typhus to the new world |
| religious freedom | main reason most early settlers came to maryland, massachsetts, pennsilvania and rhode island |
| conditions during the middle passage | cruel treatment, poor sanitaryand disease, overcrowding and imprisonment |
| characteristics of the southern colonies | large plantations, long growing season, very few cities |
| lumber, dried fish, & rum | products of the new england colonies |
