Unit #4- Life in Colonial America
geography
the study of the Earth and the way people interact with the Earth
five themes of geography
five big ideas that help people understand geography
(MR. HELP)
New England Colonies
the region of four colonies located in the northern part of the land claimed by England
perspective
how a person looks at a problem or an event
region
an area that has one or more features in common
geographer
a person who studies the Earth and how humans interact with it
political scientist
studies government and politics
economist
a person who studies how goods are produced, distributed, and consumed
anthropologist
a person who studies people and how they live
Southern Colonies
the region of five colonies located in the
southern part of the
land claimed by England
Middle Colonies
the region of four colonies that developed between New England and the Southern Colonies
slavery
a system that forced people to work and treated enslaved people as property
Triangular Trade
trade patterns connecting the Colonies,Europe, Africa and the West Indies
Middle Passage
the route used to take enslaved Africans across the Atlantic from Africa to the Americas.
discrimination
treating people unfairly because of a factor such as race or religion
archaeology
a special branch of history in which people study objects from the past
economics
the study of how individuals and societies
use their scarce
resources to get goods and services
natural resources
things in nature that people see as useful
specialization
when individuals,regions,and countries produce
certain kind of
goods or services
human resources
workers and their skills
indentured servant
a person who agreed to work as a servant for a certain number of years in exchange for a trip to the “New World’
import
a good that a country or region buys from another country or region
export
a good that a country or region sells to another country or region
Navigation Acts
a set of laws passed to regulate trade between
Britain and the Colonies
smuggling
moving good illegally into or out of a country
government
a system of laws and leaders that helps keeps people safe and protects their rights
House of Burgesses
the Jamestown group of men who made the laws
Mayflower Compact
the agreement the Pilgrims signed that
created a government for
their colony
town meetings
when all the people in a town meet together to make
decisions
and solve problems
representative government
a form of democracy where people choose representatives to make decisions for them
Parliament
the main law making body of England
during Colonial times
bill of rights
a written list of freedoms a government promises to
protect
English Bill of Rights
A written list of freedoms the king and queen of England agreed to in the late 1600s