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