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First successful N.American British colony
Jamestown
Southern colonies first major export or cash crop
Tobacco
New Englands primary purpose for founding
Religion
Cultural center of New New England town and society
The church
Primary founding reason for the Middle colonies
Either Trade in New York or religious tolerance/ agriculture in Pennsylvania
The first representative legislative assembly in the English colonies, established in Virginia in 1619.
House of Burgesses
An English colonist who introduced a profitable strain of tobacco to Virginia, helping the colony survive economically.
John Rolfe
Colonists, often poor and English, who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the colonies, food, and shelter.
Indentured servants
British colonist in Virginia who claimed colonist must shut up and work to survive.
John Smith
Primary cash crop in Pennsylvania
Grain or agriculture
What was the primary cause of the French and Indian War?
Land in the Ohio Valley region
A religious group that believed in equality and pacifism and founded the colony of Pennsylvania.
Quakers
Britain's policy of loosely enforcing trade laws in the colonies, allowing them a degree of self-government.
Salutary neglect
A 1620 agreement signed by Plymouth's male settlers establishing rules for self-government before landing.
Mayflower Compact
The Enlightenment inspired this evangelical religious movement
The First Great Awakening
The brutal sea voyage that forcibly transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas, marked by overcrowding and extremely high death rates.
Middle Passage
A religious revival movement in the 1730s-1740s that emphasized personal faith and emotional preaching.
First Great Awakening
Thinkers throughout Europe believed that logic, reason and science could be used to solve the problems of the world.
The Enlightenment
Which of the following is the correct list of the major exports of the New England colonies?
Fish, fur, and lumber
An economic theory holding that colonies exist mainly to benefit the mother country economically.
Mercantilism
A conflict (1754-1763) between Britain and France, with Native American allies on both sides, for control of North American territory.
French and Indian War
Which of the following regions experienced a higher life expectancy?
New England
Why are the Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses important
They are democracy in the 13 colonies
Which of the following is a true statement about the 13 colonies by 1770?
Slavery existed in all 13 colonies
This group likes peace, believed in personal communication with God, nonviolent.
Quakers