The story of a person's own life written by himself or herself

Autobiography

The business of buying and selling people for profit

Slave Trade

List three reasons Europeans came to the 13 colonies.

1. cheap land

2. greater opportunity  to earn a living

3. religious freedom

Why did poor people become indentured servants?

They could not afford the price of ship passage.

The largest group of newcomers to the colonies, who worked as servants, came from?

England, Scotland

Wales, Germany

List three items traded for captives.

1. rum

2. cloth

3. guns

One out of ________ captives did not survive the voyage to the colonies.

seven

Describe the steps involved in bringing Africans to the colonies as slaves.

A. people were kidnapped or captured

B. forced to walk to the coast

C. sold and placed on ships to the colonies

D. sold again to slave owners

A person who works for a skilled person to learn a trade or art

apprentice

A person who is skilled in a particular craft

artisan

 In colonial times, the name of the eastern foothills of the Appalachians. 

The backcountry

 A word used by settlers to describe land beyond their settlements. 

the frontier

What type of colonial settlement grew rapidly?

a settlement with a harbor

List four major port cities during colonial times.

A. Boston

B. Philadelphia

C. New York

D. Charlestown

The largest port city in the colonies was _______________.

Philadelphia

Many different religious groups settled in Philadelphia because ______________________________.

they found religious tolerance there

One of Philadelphia's best known citizens.

Benjamin Franklin

Name the first colonial city to publish a regular newspaper.

Boston

Name the busiest city in the Southern colonies.

Charles Town

Charles Town's wealth came from exports of ________ and __________.

rice and indigo

How did the lightning rod improve people's lives?

fewer homes and buildings were struck by lightning

Why did the price of land along the coastal plain increase?

More and more people settled there

List two advantages to living in the backcountry.

1. less people, more room

2. cheap land

List two disadvantages to living in the backcounty.

1. hard work

2. few rivers

3. rocky, uneven land

The boss of a plantation 

overseer

 A large farm that often grows one crop 

A plantation

 Rules made by colonial planters that controlled the lives of enslaved Africans. 

 slave codes

In 1640, _________ was the only known enslaved African in the English colonies.

John Punch

When indentured servants fininshed their time of service, they were supposed to be paid _________________.

freedom dues

Virginia took away the rights of African servants with the _________________.

slave codes

Most Africans who were enslaved in the North became ______________ or ______________.

servants or skilled workers

In the South, most Africans worked as ____________ or ______________.

field slaves or house slaves

What helped the Africans survive the harsh conditions of slavery?

Family

The _______________ was a law which required all South Carolina white men to carry arms on Sunday.

Security Act

Who encouraged Quakers to give up slave holding?

John Woolman

Who was the planter that freed his 500 slaves?

Robert Carter III

The business of farming. 

agriculture

 to send goods to other countries for sale or use

 export

An economic system in which people can own property and businesses and are free to decide what to make, how much to produce, and what price to charge.

 free enterprise

 a lawmaking body

an assembly

 A coming together of buyers and sellers

A market 

The middle leg of the trianglular trade route in colonial times in which captive Africans were shipped to the West Indies to be sold into slavery.

the Middle Passage

 The three-sided trade route between Africa, the West Indies, and colonial New England

 Triangular trade route

Ship building became and important ________ in New England.

industry

Most exports from the colonies to England were _________________.

raw materials

In the early 1700's, ________, or the business of farming, was a way of life for most people.

agriculture

The Middle Colonies exported goods not only to Europe, but to the ______________ as well.

West Indies

The price of tobacco rose and fell because of ________________.

supply and demand

 The amount of goods available at a given price

Supply

how many consumers desire the goods that are in supply and will buy them

Demand

Eliza Lucas Pinckney experimented with _______, a plant used to make blue dye.

indigo

_____________ and ___________ became important industries in the New England colonies.

ship building and iron making

What products were shipped from New England to Africa?

rum, iron goods, and guns

What products were shipped from the West Indies to Boston and New York?

molasses

The destination of most enslaved Africans was ___________________.

the West Indies

a town officer 

a constable

a member of an elected assembly

delegate

the making or passing of laws

legislation

a group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution

 militia 

What is a summary?

a brief way of telling the main points of an event or an idea

 the betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy

 treason

When writing a summary, what should you do first?

identify the topic

How can writing a summary help you learn about history?

it helps you remember important points

Only white male property owners could make colonial laws, or ______________.

legislation

"Freedom of the press" means the right to ________________.

speak or print truth

By 1760, every colony had an elected

assembly

List the three ways a person could become governor in one of the colonies:

1. appointed by the King

2. named by proprietor

3. elected

Laws passed by the assemblies had to be approved by the _______________.

British government

How did the assemblies try to control colonial governments?

They could refuse to vote for money for the governors plans.

 In the 1600's and 1700's, ____________ and __________ were responsible for making people obey the law and keep the peace.

constables and sheriffs