Early Colonies
What was Jamestowns cash crop
Tobacco
What ocean did Africans have to sail through when being brought to the Americas
The Atlantic
This region was known for having a moderate growing season and utilizing trade and artisan work from their major cities
The Middle Colonies
Another name for Pilgrims.... this religious group fled persecution in England to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans
What was the global transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres called?
The Columbian Exchange?
Which European country established Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth
England
The rapid expansion of plantations in the American south led to a massive demand for this type of labor
Slave Labor
Due to rocky soil and cold climates, New Englands economy relied heavily on these industries
Fishing, Whaling, Shipbuilding
In 1692, mass hysteria and strict religious beliefs led to the execution of 20 people in Massachusetts during this famous event.
The Salem Witch Trials
What mountain range is west of all three colonial regions
The Appalachian
Name two issues settlers faced upon arriving to the Americas
Native Americans, disease, starvation, elements (weather)
Name of the horrific sea voyage that brought Africans across the ocean to the Americas
Middle Passage
Name the primary crops grown in the southern colonies
Tobacco, Cotton, Rice, or Indigo
Why did the Pilgrims leave England and form the Plymouth Colony
Religious Freedom
What primary geographic feature did nearly all early American colonial settlements build near?
bodies of water
Name of the tribe that the settlers in Jamestown came in contact with
The Powhatan
Name two conditions Africans endured coming to the New World
overcrowding, filth, disease, intense heat, lack of air under deck, unsanitary conditions
Why did each colonial region develop such different economies
Geography and Climate
The Middle Colonies practiced "religious toleration." What did this mean for the people living there?
allowed people of different religions to practice their beliefs freely without government interference?
Name two distinct advantages early colonists gained by settling along major rivers and coastal harbors.
easier trade routes, transportation/travel, and access to fishing/water resources
What is a Coverture
women had no legal rights when married and everything she did was under a father’s or husband's authority
How would life differ for a slave living in the North vs South
More housework/building work in North while the south was more focused on agriculture
Why did life in the American colonies offer better economic opportunities for poor English laborers than remaining in England?
cheap land, lower taxes, and an abundance of available work/jobs?
Signed aboard a ship in 1620, this document was an early effort by Plymouth colonists to form their own self-government and enact equal laws.
Mayflower Compact
What negative element introduced from the Old World caused catastrophic decline in Native American populations following European contact?
European diseases (such as smallpox, measles, and influenza)