English
What was the main economic focus of the English?
agriculture, especially to grow cash crops to export
What was the main economic focus of the French?
trade was the main economic focus
Name the 3 Gs.
gold, glory, and God
This was the only Catholic colony established by the English.
Maryland
What is direct rule?
more centralized rule where the ruler is much more involved; there is also more emphasis on teaching culture to those who were colonized (converting them, etc)
Middle Passage
What was the official religion in England that not all English people belonged to/agreed with?
The Church of England (Anglicanism)
Why did the French originally come to the "New World" (America)?
to find passage to the Pacific Ocean (NW Passage)
Describe the general movement of products among the different parts of of the Transatlantic (Triangular) Trade.
from Africa, slaves are taken to America;
from America, raw resources were sent to Europe;
from Europe, manufactured goods were sent to Africa & America
Describe the type of governance they had in the English colonies.
self-governance with indirect rule; colonists could express their opinions and helped make laws in assemblies
This colony was important because it grew the grain that was used to make bread for many of the colonies of New France.
Illinois
Where did much of the original labor come from in the English colonies?
indentured servants - poor Europeans, usually English, Scottish, Irish, and Germans - who came over sponsored by others paying their passage
Name the two main reasons that the English decimated Native American communities.
1) displacement from their lands as they needed the space for agriculture
2) the diseases that the English brought with them, especially smallpox and measles
This one French colony was an exception to the usual relaxed attitudes about social hierarchies & racial mixing was this one.
Lower Louisiana
What group of people formed the colony of Pennsylvania? They were very tolerant of differences and very peaceful.
Quakers