Social Studies test vocab
Here are the vocab words for the social studies test Monday.
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- magistrates
- led the government in the Puritan settlement
- Were colonial homes bright or dark
- They were dark and cramped; glass was expensive so there weren't many windows. They cooked food, and most had only one large hall. Wealthy families may have had lofts. Puritan families were large
- Where were the New England colonies
- Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut (Identify on a map)
- What was the center of every colonial home
- The fireplace
- Middle Passage
- The trip across the Atlantic Ocean by enslaved Africans and traders. The Africans who survived the voyage often ended up in one of the colonies.
- Why did Puritans want people to read the bible
- They believed the Bible taught people the best way to live. It was the backbone of education for the Puritans.
- Why was Rhode Island founded
- Roger Williams was a minister who disagreed with the way Puritan leaders were running the community in New England. He believed in "soul liberty" which meant people should be free to find God by following their inner guidance. He was banished and forced to leave Massachussetts. He traveled south and founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636.
- dissenters
- people who disagreed with the views of their leaders
- self-sufficient
- The goal of the Puritans to allow people to provide for all their own needs
- banished
- forcing someone to leave (the church leaders banished Roger Williams from the Puritan church)
- Metacomet
- Also called King Philip, he was a Wampanoag chief who decided that his people had to fight back. He attacked puritan villages.
- Who were some of the dissenters who disagreed with the Puritan church
- Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Hooker. Hooker and his followers left Massachussetts and formed a settlement called Hartfored in Connecticut in 1636.
- What were the Salem Witch Trials
- In the 1600ss, many people believed in witches. Trials to decide whether a person was a witch became a central part of life in Salem, Massachussetts in 1692. Hundreds of people were put on trial and 20 were killed. The trials shocked the Puritan community.
- What was the meetinghouse used for?
- religion and leadership
- Wampum
- the money traded by the Pilgrims and Native Americans; was made from polished shellds that were put onto strings
- How did triangular trade affect New England's economy
- The triangular trade made New England merchants very wealthy because they traded rum, iron, manufactured goods and enslaved Africans on one side and rice and other agricultural products on another. Much of this wealth was built on the suffering of enslaved Africans.
- wilderness
- a wild and unsettled land
- How was land divided in a Puritan village?
- Each family was given a plot of land for a house and a farm. The size of the plot depended on the size of the family, and upon the family's importance in the community. A blacksmith or a minster might have received larger plots of land.
- What made Boston rich
- Boston was the center of fishing and trade. Boston had horses, buggies and hand-pushed carts. There was a lot of commerce in Boston in Boston Common. In 1636, Harvard was founded.
- Imports
- Items bought from distant places
- triangular trade
- Shipping between Africa, Europe and North America. Was called triangular trade because the merchant ships involved in the trade routes took paths which formed a triangle
- meetinghouse
- the center of Puritan life; the most important building in the Puritan village; the center of religion and leadership; on Sundays, the whole community gathered there to worship
- Where did adults eat and where did children eat
- Adults ate at a long table and children often stood to eat.
- shipyards
- places where ships are built and repaired.
- What was King Philip's war:
- In 1675, King Philip (Metacomet) and other Native Americans attached colonial settlements all across New England