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The American Colonies
The regional differences of the thirteen colonies
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8th Grade
08/03/2011

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southern colonies
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american colonies made up of Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and Maryland. Their economies focus on agriculture. (farming)
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great awakening
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A religious movement that spread throughout the colonies. This movement inspired the idea of equality among people. This was an influential event for creating our modern U.S. government.
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middle colonies
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The colonies of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyvannia. These economies focused their economies on trade and farming
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colonies
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A country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
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New England colonies
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consists of the Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Their economy focused on fishing and ship building.
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mercantilism
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a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade
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Triangle trade
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trading networks in which goods and slaves moved among England, the American colonies, and Africa
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Navigational Acts
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the Navigation Act of 1660 forbade colonists from trading specific items such as sugar and cotton with any country other than England. This law was created so England could gain more wealth through the colonies
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consent of the governed
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this is a phrase that means that a government only has power because the people have approved that government.
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middle passage
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The voyage across the Atlantic Ocean that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas.
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