1. Ch 4 Colonies

2. region An area defined by common features or conditions
Ex- land – coastal- mountains- plains

3. climate
The pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time

4. dissent
To disagree or disagreement

5. proprietor
Someone who owns land or property

6. diverse
Groups who have different backgrounds, home countries, beliefs, ect.

7. barter
To trade

8. export
Products sold to other countries

9. import
Products brought from other countries to be sold in the Colonies

10. raw materials Resources that can be made into a product
Ex- timber into a table

11. mercantilism
An economic idea in the s that countries would benefit from trade when they exported more than they imported

12. triangular trade
A trade that has 3 stops going between Africa, North America, and Europe

13. artisan A skilled worker
Ex- blacksmith, carpenter, wigmaker, basketmaker

14. classes
How society groups people, based on wealth or importance

15. slavery
A system in which people are bought and sold as if they were property

16. Middle Passage
1st Africans were captured
2nd (Middle Passage)- Africans were forced onto ships – bound together with chains- and made to lay side by side with little room to stand or stretch and left in darkness for weeks or months- some died because of the harsh conditions
3rd- sold and sometimes separated from their families

17. uprising
A rebellion- people fought back or against someone in charge

18. King Phillip’s War
Metacom a Wampanog leader in New England began a war against the colonists in that region
In the end Metacom was defeated and many of his people died

19. Ally
A military partner
Someone who will fight on your side

20. treaty
A formal agreement between countries

21. Pontiac’s Rebellion
The British (England) took over the Ohio River valley.
They started to change the land
This made Pontiac an Ottawa leader mad
He led an attack
In the end the British won

22. Proclamation of 1763
This was an order from King George III that colonists could not settle land west of the Appalachian Mountains.