Location
What was the first permanent English Settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Who was the first leader of the Jamestown Colony?
John Smith
The House of Burgesses is an example of what?
Representative assembly
Slavery was introduced to the British colonies to provide labor for —
plantations
What type of economy benefited most from slavery in the United States?
Agriculture-focused economy
Which Geographic feature provided a natural barrier to western expansion of the 13 colonies?
Appalachian Mountains
Spanish traveler who discovered the "New World".
Christopher Columbus
Jamestown was established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London as a —
business venture
In the 1600s the foothills and valleys of Appalachian Mountains had what type of economy?
Small subsistence farmers
Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?
To work on tobacco plantations
In which colonial region did poor soil result in people having occupations other than farming; including fishing lumbering and shipbuilding?
New England
Who led a rebellion along with a group of former indentured servants against the Governor of Virginia?
Nathaniel Bacon
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
Successful crops grown in the south (i.e tobacco, rice, indigo)
Cash Crops
Conflict between American Indians (First Americans) and European settlers most often resulted from the different ways each culture viewed —
land ownership
Which Colony was established as a business venture?
Virginia
Who was the leader of the Virginia government during Bacon's Rebellion?
Governor Berkley
The joint stock company that founded the Jamestown settlement...
Virginia Company of London
What were two ways that slaves passively resisted their owners?
Answers may vary
One result of the first Great Awakening was —
a renewed interest in religion
What religious group settled primarily in Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Who is the man who planted the first sellable tobacco in the Jamestown Colony?
John Rolfe
The route used to carry Africans against their will to the New World...
Middle Passage
What percent of slaves worked in the fields?
80-90%
The last attempt by American Indians to push settlers out of New England
King Phillip's War