Social Science Vocabulary Grade 7 List 7.2 Cripps

Apprentice Person who learns a trade from a master craftsman

Act of Toleration 1649 Maryland law which granted religious freedom to all Christians, including Catholics

Bacon’s Rebellion 1676 raid led by Nathaniel Bacon against Native Americans and the governor of colonial Virginia

Cash crop Crops that are grown to sell for profit

debtor Person who owes money

export Good traded OUT of a country

General Court Representative legislature of colonial Massachusetts

House of Burgesses Representative legislature of colonial Virginia

import Goods brought from another country

Indentured servant Person who agreed to work for 4-7 years in exchange for their trip to the colonies being paid for

Legislature Group of people who make the laws for an area (like our Congress)

Mason-Dixon Line Boundary that divided the Middle and Southern Colonies

Mayflower Boat that the Pilgrims came to the Americans on

Mayflower Compact 1620 agreement that told how the Pilgrims would rule their settlement. It was signed before they landed at Plymouth

mercantilism Idea that a country became strong by increasing trade with its colonies and building up its gold passage

Middle passage Slave trip from Africa to the colonies

Navigation Acts Series of 1650’s acts by parliament designed to control trade between England and their colonies

Parliament Representative legislature or assembly (Law-making body) of England

Pennsylvania Dutch German Settlers of Pennsylvania that were known as great craftspeople

persecution Mistreatment of a group of people because of their beliefs or other characteristics

Pilgrims Settlers of Massachusetts who came to the Americas for religious freedom

plantation Large Estates farmed by slaves in the southern Colonies

Puritans Group of English Protestants who dominated early colonial Massachusetts

Quakers Religious group associated with Pennsylvania that was against war and who believed all people were equal in God’s eyes

racism Belief that one race is superior to another

Raw materials Materials such as lumber that occur naturally in the environment

Religious freedom The ability to practice your religion

Representative government When voters elect people to govern themselves

Slave codes Laws designed to keep slaves under control. For example, slaves were no allowed to read or write.

slavery When people are forced to do work for another person or group

Subsistence farming Growing just enough to feed your family. Usually due to poor soil or poor climate

tolerance Willingness to put up with other people’s beliefs and ideas.

Triangular trade Colonial trade route between colonial New England, Africa and West Indies.

Yankee traders Merchants from New England who dominated colonial trade