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