Vocab
A crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and
cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit.
Cash Crop
The business of capturing, transporting,
and selling people to force them into enslavement.
Slave Trade
What makes Southern colonies unique from other colonies
Cash Crops (growing tobacco, rice, and other crops)
Why did Virginia replace their indentured servants with enslaved Africans
As fewer Europeans wanted to endure the brutal conditions on plantations, planters
enslaved Africans and their descendants.
Which generalization best sums up the founding of the English colonies
The English colonies were founded by people with various goals, from making money to following their faith
A formal document issued by the king that
outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified
how it would be governed.
Charter
What is an indentured servant
Someone who pays their debt to a farmer by working for them
without pay.
Which colony had a written constitution and what was the name of it
Connecticut Fundamental Orders
What James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be colonized by
wanted to help poor people in England stay out of debtors' prison.
Which colony was most motivated by making a profit
Virginia
Ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens
elect representatives to make and carry out laws.
Democratic
What is Separatist
Shared religious beliefs between one another.
Who is Roger Williams, and how his religion different from other colonies
He was one of the founders of the Rhode Island Colony and he believed that anyone should worship any way the chose
Which colony offered the most FREEDOM
Pennsylvania
Which 3 colonial regions was the most dependent upon oceans for its economy
Georgia, Rhode Island, and New York
An agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed
describing how they would govern themselves in the
Americas.
Mayflower Compact
Similarities between the New England colonies
Shared religious beliefs
How was the New York government different from other colonies
British-appointed governor and council alternating with elected assembly
What group of people made laws in most colonies
Self-governing
What colony was founded with the hope that it would prevent the Spanish from attacking the other colonies, and what region
Georgia, Southern region
An economic policy in which nations tried to
gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies.
Mercantilism
Environment of New England Colonies
farming was difficult because of the long, cold winters and the
region's rocky, hilly wilderness. But the forests and the sea provided useful
resources and ways to make a living.
Which future event do the Quakers predict
American Revolution
Why people in New England, Middle Colonies, and the Southern colonies adapted to different was on life
People in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life because the regions had different geographies and resources.
How the Appalachian Mountains may have been on the 13 colonies
Hard to get through the mountains, physical barrier