Environment & Economy
Which set of colonies experienced the harshest version of winter?
New England
What is a territory settled and governed by people from another country?
colony
Why did the settlers of Jamestown come to the Americas?
To make money and find resources
Were enslaved people paid for their work?
No
Who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter in Plymouth?
Wampanoag
Which colonies had the warmest weather year round?
Southern Colonies
What is it called when people travel to new places to learn about them or discover resources?
Exploration
What was the main reason the Pilgrims and the Puritans came to the Americas?
Which region of the world did colonists kidnap humans from to use as enslaved labor?
Africa
Which native tribe helped Jamestown become the first successful English colony?
Powhatan
Which colonies were known as the "Breadbasket Colonies" for their grain farming?
Middle Colonies
Who is the religious group of English settlers who founded Plymouth Colony for religious freedom?
Pilgrims
Which two other European countries sent colonists to the Americas, other than England?
Spain and France
Which colonies enslaved the largest numbers of Africans?
Southern Colonies
Name at least one negative consequence of European Colonization for Indigenous people?
Displacement from their lands, new germs and diseases, resources being taken in higher quantities
The exchange of animals furs between European Colonists and Native Americans.
Fur Trade
Crops that are grown to be sold for profit, like tobacco, cotton, and rice
cash crops
Who had the most power in all three colony regions?
white men
Describe how enslaved people were treated by the colonists.
Harshly, inhumanely, extremely unkindly
What is displacement?
The forced moving of people from one area to another.
A system of trade between Africa, the Americas, and Europe, involving both goods and enslaved people.
Triangular Trade
Which religious group from England settled in Massachusetts Bay to seek religious freedom and purify the Church?
Puritans
Name three groups of people who had the last amount of power in the 13 colonies.
Women, Africans, and Indigenous People
What were the large farms in the Southern Colonies called?
Plantations
Which Indigenous tribal princess was the main reason for temporary peace between the Powhatan tribe and Jamestown colonists?