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Lesson 1, Part 1
Pre-Revolutionary America - Part 1
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Civics
10th Grade
02/04/2013

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Jamestown
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Original American colony, in what is now Virginia.
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Pilgrims
Definition
Early colonists who settled Massachusetts and were religious dissenters.
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New England
Definition
Part of the original thirteen colonies - Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.
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slave trade
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West Africans were kidnapped and forced onto ships that would carry them across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World.
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Quakers
Definition
Dissenting Protestant group, members of which settled the colony of Pennsylvania.
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indentured servants
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People who worked to pay off borrowed money.
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religious dissenters
Definition
Those who oppose the views of the dominant church, such as the Pilgrims and Quakers.
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Middle Colonies
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Part of the original thirteen colonies - New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
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Southern Colonies
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Part of the original thirteen colonies - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
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American Indians or Native Americans
Definition
Residents of North America prior to the arrival of the European immigrants who inhabited the colonies.
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Triangular Trade Route
Definition
Slave trade route among Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
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plantation system
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System of Southern agriculture before the Civil War, depending heavily on slave labor.
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Puritans
Definition
Settlers of North America's Atlantic coast who were looking for a new life and for religious freedom.
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separation of church and state
Definition
Keeping religion and politics distinct.
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slavery
Definition
A number of related conditions involving control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or other, clear forms of coercion.  It almost always occurs for the purpose of securing the labor of the person or people concerned.
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Middle Passage
Definition
Voyage from Africa to the New World, part of the Triangular Slave Trade.
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