Colonial Governments & Early Democracy
This early Virginia institution marked the beginning of representative government in the English colonies.
What is The Virginia House of Burgesses?
European arrival in North America most immediately affected Native Americans through the spread of this.
What is Disease?
Indentured servants agreed to work for years because they hoped for this.
What is prosperity in the colonies?
This region included colonies like Massachusetts and Connecticut.
What are the New England Colonies?
This economic system said colonies existed to benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This colonial assembly in Virginia was the first representative legislature in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
European settlement caused Native populations to decline mainly due to this.
What are diseases brought by Europeans?
This 1775 Virginia Gazette notice advertised the sale of skilled laborers under this system.
What is indentured servitude?
This colony, founded in 1607, struggled early but later thrived with tobacco.
What is Jamestown?
Raw materials like sugar and tobacco were shipped from here to Europe.
What are the American colonies?
This Enlightenment idea states that people can change or abolish a government that violates their rights.
What is consent of the governed?
Chief Miantonomo urged tribes to do this in response to English expansion.
What is form alliances to fight settlers?
The Middle Passage was known for these conditions.
What are inhumane conditions and high mortality rates?
This colony was founded by Pilgrims seeking religious freedom.
What is Plymouth?
Manufactured goods were sent from Europe to this continent as part of Triangle Trade.
What is Africa?
Signed aboard a ship in 1620, this agreement established self‑government for the Plymouth settlers.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The Powhatan population dropped from 15,000 to 1,000 by 1700 due to this trend.
What is European colonization?
The growth of southern plantations was fueled by this trade system.
What is the Triangle Trade?
The Middle Colonies were known for this type of agriculture.
What is “breadbasket” farming?
This leg of the Triangle Trade transported enslaved Africans to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage?
This movement emphasized reason, natural rights, and the social contract, influencing the American Revolution.
What is the Enlightenment?
By the late 1600s, many Native American groups formed regional alliances because European settlers were doing this across North America.
What is Expanding settlements that took Native land and damaged natural resources?
The increase in enslaved Africans was a major cause of this population trend
What is Native American population decline?
The Southern Colonies relied heavily on this labor system for plantation agriculture.
What is enslaved labor?
New England’s shipbuilding industry grew largely because of this trade system.
What is the Triangle Trade?