THE UNITED STATES                           VOCABULARY FOR CHAPTER 6

 

LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COLONIES

 

1.  apprentice: Young person who learns a skill from a more experienced worker

 

2.  artisan: Skilled worker who makes things by hand

 

3.  triangular trade routes: Three-sided trade route between the 13 Colonies, the West Indies, and Africa; included the slave trade

 

4.  Middle Passage: Name given to the second leg of the triangular trade routes; extended from West Africa to the West Indies

 

5.  self-sufficient: Ability to rely on oneself for most of what one needs

 

6.  town common: Open space in the middle of many New England and Middle Colony towns where cattle and sheep could graze

 

7.  Great Awakening: Important religious movement among Christians that began in the colonies in the 1730s. This movement revived many colonists’

                                     interest in religion.

 

8.  almanac: Reference book with helpful facts and figures

 

9.  Stono Rebellion: Slave rebellion in South Carolina in 1739