1. Warm-Up #1 Define the following: Breadbasket Colonies
term referring to the Middle Colonies because they grew so much food
Burgesses
elected representatives to an assembly

2. Breadbasket

4. Warm-Up #2 Define the following: Colonization
the process of settling an area which is to be ruled by the native country
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
one of the first written constitutions in the colonies

6. St.Augustine

7. Warm-Up #3 Define the following: Great Awakening
a religious movement of the 1730s & 1740s that emphasized a personal relationship with God & the importance of doing good
Indentured Servants
laborers who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America

8. Warm-Up #4 Define the following: Jamestown
1st permanent English settlement in North America; founded in Virginia in 1607
Mayflower Compact
document signed by the Pilgrims in which they agreed they would form a representative government & obey its laws

10. Warm-Up #5 Define the following: Mercantilism
system in which it is a colony’s responsibility to support its parent country
Motive
reason

11. Warm-Up #6 Define the following: Navigation Acts
a series of English laws to regulate trade between the mother country & her colonies
Northwest Passage
A non-existent water route to Asia through North America sought by European explorers

13. Warm-Up #7 Define the following: Pilgrims
separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican church
Plantation System
economic system in the South in which large farms (plantations) grew cash crops for export & slaves were used to produce these crops

14. Warm-Up #8 Define the following: Puritans
Protestants who, during the 1600s, wanted to reform the Anglican Church
Quakers
religious group that left England for America because of religious persecution; believed everyone was equal, including women, blacks, & Native Americans. They also believed in non-violence & refused to serve in any military conflict.

15. Warm-Up #9 Define the following: Religious Toleration
accepting or permitting others’ religious beliefs & practices which disagree with one’s own
Representative Government
a system for running a country in which elected delegates speak & vote for the people

16. Warm-Up #10 Define the following: Sectionalism
a loyalty to the region in which a person lives
Slavery
A system in which people own & control other people for the purpose of getting work done

18. Warm-Up #11 Define the following: Thirteen Colonies
Original east coast areas settled by Great Britain (England) in 1607 that became the original 13 states
Virginia House of Burgesses
First representative assembly (legislature)

19. Original 13 Colonies

20. Warm-Up #12 Define the following: Triangular Trade
A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies (Caribbean), the American colonies, & West Africa. A portion of this trade route was known as the Middle Passage, where enslaved Africans were shipped to the West Indies (Caribbean)

21. Triangular
Trade