Early discovery
English Settlement
Colonial Stuff
Important People
Slaves and Natives
100
This crop became an early staple on the North American continent
What is corn/maize
100
These provided the means for England's settlements in Virginia
What are joint-stock companies
100
Early New Englanders could expect to live about this long
What is 70 years - same as today!
100
These people held the most honored profession in early colonial society
Who were clergymen
100
The ocean voyage, often resulting in death, that many slaves were forced to take was known as what?
What is The middle passage
200
Westerners searched for a new route to this place to increase profits and reduce transport time, among other things
What is Asia
200
This was the earliest viable English settlement, founded in 1607
What is Jamestown
200
Wealthy Southern planters used this system to their benefit to get even more land
What is the headright system
200
Nathaniel Bacon revolted because he couldn't get satisfactory access to what?
What is land
200
This was the biggest threat to American Indian survival of English Colonization
What is disease
300
This newly discovered geographical location allowed for teh beginning of North America's human history
What was the land bridge
300
England's colonization efforts were helped greatly by establishing dominance over this naval power
What was the Spanish Armada
300
This colony was formed by taking over an originally Dutch settlement
What was New York
300
This person said once a colonist was converted, he or she must lead a "sanctified life."
Who was John Calvin
300
The American Indians in this region of the colonies first tried to befriend and coexist with the settlers
What is New England
400
Columbus was actually looking for this place
What is the Indies
400
This English colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics
What is Maryland
400
Because Southern men tended to die young, married Southern women were allowed these
What is property rights
400
This woman was banished from Massachusetts for taking the concept of predestination too far
Who was Anne Hutchinson
400
The practice of trading rum for slaves and then slaves for molasses across the Caribbean was known as
What is triangular trade
500
This European country was the first to put down major settlements in the New World, in the form of missions
What is Spain
500
Although the colonies may have begun to quickly develop differently, this was an early and important shared belief
What is allegiance to England
500
Before the explosion of slave trading after 1700, most of the labor in the southern colonies was provided by these people
Who were indentured servants
500
Settlers on the Mayflower created the Mayflower Compact, a genuine step toward what?
What is self-government
500
"Indians" became known as such due to this man
Who was Columbus
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