ABC_Project

ABC's of colonial America Date: March 12 2007

A - Artisans A skilled manual worker who uses tools & machinery in a particular craft

B - Blacksmith A person who creates objects from steel or iron

C - Cash Crops A crop that is grown for money

D - Debtors Prison A prison for owing money (debt) and they stay here untill they pay off the debt

E - England A country

F - Farmers A person who cultivates land or raises animals or grows crops

G - Georgia A state that was named after King George and was known as 1 of the 6 first colonies

H - House of Burgesses The colonial representative assembly of Virginia

I - Indentured servants Servants who came over for four to seven years without pay to pay off their traveling charge

J - Jamestown The first permanent English settlement