5th (5) The New England Colonies 26-27

charter

an​ ​official​ ​paper​ ​in​ ​which​ ​certain​ ​rights​ ​are​ ​given​ ​by government​ ​to​ ​a​ ​person,​ ​group,​ ​or​ ​business

dissent

disagreement

expel

to​ ​force​ ​to​ ​leave

consent

​agreement

sedition

speaking​ ​in​ ​ways​ ​that​ ​cause​ ​other​ ​people​ ​to​ ​work​ ​against​ ​the government

frontier

​the​ ​lands​ ​beyond​ ​the​ ​areas​ ​already​ ​settled

common

​a​ ​grassy​ ​area​ ​shared​ ​by​ ​the​ ​town's​ ​people,​ ​and​ ​used​ ​for grazing​ ​sheep,​ ​cattle,​ ​and​ ​other​ ​livestock.

town​ ​meeting​

an​ ​assembly​ ​of​ ​people​ ​in​ ​a​ ​New​ ​England​ ​town​ ​that​ ​made laws​ ​and​ ​elected​ ​leaders

free​ ​market

​an​ ​economic​ ​system​ ​where​ ​people​ ​or​ ​free​ ​to​ ​choose​ ​the goods​ ​and​ ​services​ ​they​ ​buy​ ​and​ ​make

industry

​all​ ​the​ ​businesses​ ​that​ ​make​ ​one​ ​kind​ ​of​ ​product​ ​or​ ​offer​ ​one kind​ ​of​ ​service

export

​a​ ​product​ ​that​ ​leaves​ ​a​ ​country

import

​a​ ​product​ ​brought​ ​into​ ​a​ ​country

triangular​ ​trade​ ​route

shipping​ ​rights​ ​that​ ​connected​ ​England,​ ​the English​ ​colonies,​ ​and​ ​Africa

Middle​ ​Passage

​The​ ​journey​ ​millions​ ​of​ ​enslaved​ ​Africans​ ​were forced​ ​to​ ​travel​ ​across​ ​the​ ​Atlantic​ ​Ocean​ ​from Africa​ ​to​ ​the​ ​West​ ​Indies