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Colonial Regions: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

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1 Colonial Regions: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
Word Wall Words for Colonial Regions: New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

2 Cash Crop A cash crop is a crop grown in large quantities to be sold for a profit.

3 Assembly An assembly is an elected group that make laws on behalf of the people.

4 Democratic In a democratic government the power rests with the people.

5 Puritans The Puritans ,a Separatists group that broke away from the Church of England, valued a “pure” relationship with God.

6 Great Migration The Great Migration is the name given to the choice and action made by many Puritan families to leave England and come to America.

7 Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact, a document including a set of rules agreed to by all the Pilgrims, determined how the Plymouth colony would be governed.

8 Slave Trade The business of capturing, transporting and selling people as slaves is known as the Slave Trade.

9 Quakers The Quakers in their religious doctrine practiced the beliefs of equality for all, brotherly love, nonviolence, and living a simple life style.

10 House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the first representative
assembly in the American Colonies.

11 Constitution A constitution is a document that sets the
basic rules for a government.


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