Questions 1-5
Societies need government to
to make laws, to keep order, to protect the community
How the House of Burgesses most helped the Virginia colony
local self-government
The Dutch and French colonists generally had better relations with Native Americans than the English because
the Dutch and the French were interested in mainly trade, while the English wanted more land
Best describes how some slaves resisted their role as slaves
They destroyed property and ran away to avoid abuse and overwork
3 ways that early colonists adapted to their environments to survive
1. farming and agriculture, 2. cleared forest and changed the land for shelter, 3. learned Native skills
Native American experiences on encomienda land
Many died from overwork and disease
Wrote the Mayflower Compact
Pilgrims seeking religious freedom
The Middle Passage relates to triangular trade because
North America imported slaves from Africa
These events resulted directly from tensions between English colonists and Native Americans over land
King Phillip's War and Pontiac's Rebellion
Economy affects society in these ways
by managing goods and services, by determining jobs that people do
The reason the Puritans started a separate colony from the Pilgrims
They wanted their colony to show how to reform the Church of England
List colonists in the correct order from highest class to lowest class
large landowner, artisan, servant
The reason the Iroquois joined the fight in the French and Indian War
They hoped to win protection for their lands from the British
Reason the Virginia Company funded a colony at Jamestown
to profit from land and raw materials
the search for the Northwest Passage
Makes goods to sell
Artisan
Summarize the role of religion in the founding of various English colonies
people were fleeing England for religious freedom (Ex. Quakers, Puritans, Pilgrims)
a skill Jamestown colonists learned to support permanent settlement
farm tobacco
Circumstances that led to the expansion of the New France and New Netherlands colonies
competition in fur trade
Best describes the role of slavery in the colonies
Most enslaved Africans worked on farms and plantations, and their labor helped grow the colonies
These colonies were founded more for economic than political or religious regions
Southern colonies like The Carolinas and Georgia