Unit 4:
The 13 English ColoniesVocabulary
A colony owned and controlled by an
individual or group
• joint stock or individual
• to make a profit• formed for a
purpose (religion)
• Georgia• Maryland
• Monarch appoints governor to run
the colony• Monarch collect
the profit
• Virginia
A colony that is under direct control of the king/queen
A colonist who received free passage to N.
Amer. in exchange for working w/out pay for
a certain number of years
• Someone who’s poor
• get someone else to pay your way
• work to pay off the debt
Farming•Farming
•Growing crops
• farming
Crops that farmers grow primarily to be sold for profits, not
for personal use
• plantations• one crop sold for
$$• usually the only
one grown
• cotton• rice• indigo• tobacco• sugar cane
Crops that are continuously in
demand
• food• grown in smaller
quantities than cash crops
• Corn• potatoes• beans• wheat• oats
A type of gov’t that elects people to represent the population
• our “voice” in gov’t comes from
the people we elect
• USA (elect the President, Senators, etc.)• NY State
A system of creating and maintaining wealth through
carefully controlled trade.
• colonies exist to benefit the mother
country• colonist can trade only with mother
country
• English colonies must trade lumber ONLY with England (not France or Spain even if they offer more $$$)
Items that a country purchases from other nations
• into the country
• The US imports toys from China Goods
Items that a country sells to other
nations
• exit to another country
•The US makes cars and sends them to
Europe
Goods
Reliance on one another
• supporting each other
• depending / relying on one
another
• sisters/brothers• husbands/wives• trade b/tw two countries
Capability of providing for
oneself without help form others
• independent• survive on your
own• don’t need others’ help
• adults