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Chapter 7: The New England Colonies

Test your knowledge about the first settlers of the United States (to colonize, that is, with a system of government!!)

AB
NavigableAble to be guided or directed, especially on rivers
ExportsGoods shipped out of a country
BarterTo trade goods without using a money system
FrontierThe area that separates settled land and the wilderness
AuthorityPower or control
ImportsGoods shipped into a country
Triangle Trade RouteOne of the most important English trade routes on the Atlantic Ocean
MilitiaA military unit made up of volunteers
OfficialA person holding an office
MeetinghouseThe church located on one end of the common
Village GreenThe center of a New England village
Roger WilliamsFounded the settlement of Providence which was part of the colony of Rhode Island
Anne HutchinsonShe questioned the authority of Puritan ministers and was asked to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She founded the settlement of Portsmouth.
Thomas HookerLeft the Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded the settlement of Hartford located in the colony of Connecticut
Maine, Vermont, New HampshireAfter King Phillip's War, many settlers began pushing up the Connecticut River and settled in these colonies.
NantucketA valuable whaling and oil bearing town off the coast of Massachusetts.
Oloudah EquaianaAn educated slave who was taken from his home as a young teenager against his will. He and his sister were separated and forced to work as slaves. Because he was educated, we have written accounts of slave life.


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