The 13 Colonies: Key Concepts and Vocabulary

A collection of flashcards highlighting important terms and definitions related to the 13 Colonies, their governance, economic activities, and cultural diversity.

Colonial territory controlled by Spain in the American Southwest, Florida, and parts of Georgia.

New Spain

A colonial territory that dominated the continent from New Orleans to Quebec.

New France

An agricultural system in the Southern Colonies focusing on cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo which involved large-scale farming.

Plantation Agriculture

A formal legal document granted by the king specifying the rights of colonists.

Charter

A colony owned by powerful individuals or families, granted to them by the king.

Proprietary Colony

An English company that financed the establishment of the Colony of Virginia.

Virginia Company

Religious group known as Pilgrims, seeking to separate from the Church of England.

Calvinist Separatists

A preacher who believed in freedom of religion, founded Providence Colony (Rhode Island) after being exiled from Massachusetts.

Roger Williams

A Puritan woman who challenged the religious authorities, banished from Massachusetts for her beliefs.

Anne Hutchinson

Colonies characterized by various ethnic and religious groups, particularly in the Middle Colonies.

Diverse Settlements

A Quaker who founded Pennsylvania for religious toleration and honest dealings with Native Americans.

William Penn

Dutch city captured by the English and renamed New York in 1664.

New Amsterdam

Colonies with an economic focus on plantation agriculture, heavily reliant on slavery.

Southern Colonies

Colony founded in 1732 as a refuge for debtors, promoting cheap land settlement.

Georgia

The first college founded in America in 1636, established by the Puritans.

Harvard University

The first colony in New England, which later divided into Connecticut and Rhode Island.

Massachusetts