Life in the English Colonies

9 cards·by q.sanders@thomasvill

apprentice

a young person who learns a skill from a more experienced worker

artisan

skilled worker who makes things by hand

triangular trade routes

three-sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa

Middle Passage

name given to the second leg of the triangular trade route

self-sufficient

ability to rely on oneself for most of what one needs

town common

open space in the center of many New England and Middle colony towns where cattle and sheep could graze

Great Awakening

important religious movement among Christians that began in the colonies in the 1730s

almanac

reference books with many helpful facts and figures

Stono Rebellion

slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739