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| Mason-Dixon Line | Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland which divided the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies. |
| Maryland | This colony was originally created as a colony set up for all Catholics. |
| Lord Baltimore | Founded Maryland after his father passed away as a haven for all Catholics. |
| Margaret and Mary Brent | Two sisters who brought servants to Maryland and were each granted a thousand acre plantation by Lord Baltimore. |
| Act of Toleration | This law provided religious freedom for all Christians. This freedom did not extend to Jews. |
| Bacon's Rebellion | A young planter that organized an angry mob to attack Indian villages and later burned Virginia's capital Jamestown. |
| North Carolina | A colony where mostly poor tobacco farmers who drifted south from Virginia settled. They tended to have small farms. |
| South Carolina | Established by eight English nobles as a proprietary colony with the permission of King Charles II. |
| Georgia | This colony was established as a place where people jailed for debt in England could make a new start. |
| James Oglethorpe | He is best known for establishing Georgia as a colony. |
| Mary Musgrove | Half Creek Indian and half English, this person helped to keep peace between the Creeks and the settlers in Georgia. |
| racism | The belief that one race is superior to another. |
| Middle Passage | The trip from Africa to the Americas where slaves were crammed into small spaces below deck. |
| Mercantilism | According to this theory, a nation became strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade. |
| Mercantilism | A theory that states a country should export more than it imports. |
| Mercantilism | The theory that states a colony exists for the benefit of the mother country. |
| Navigation Acts | Law stating that only colonial or English ships could carry goods to and from the colonies. |
| Navigation Acts | These laws listed certain products, such as tobacco and cotton, that colonial merchants could ship only to England. |
| Yankees | Nickname given to New England colonial merchants that meant that they were clever and hardworking. |
| Triangular trade | Ships from New England carried fish, lumber, etc. to the West Indies for sugar and molasses. Then trade rum, guns,etc. to Africa for slaves. |
| Legislature | A group of people empowered to make laws. |
| Glorious Revolution | Parliament removed King James from the throne and asked William and Mary of the Netherlands to rule in his place. |
| English Bill of Rights | This entitled anyone accused of a crime the right to trial by a jury. |
| English Bill of Rights | Declared that a ruler could not raise taxes or an army without the approval of Parliament. |
