Agriculture
The Indigenous people taught the settlers how to grow the crop
Tobacco
What was the middle colony's government like
a mix of proprietary and royal rule also with local meetings
What is Mercantilism
strictly regulated trade to increase national wealth and power
These 2 Middle colonies were the center of trading
Philadelphia
New York
What was the first colony in the 13 colonies
Virginia
These are what 4 crops that farmers grew in the middle colonies
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Grain
What is the House of Burgesses
Building where laws were established
What is the one big thing the southern colonies made almost all of their money off of
Cash crops like tobacco and cotton
What three trades did the Middle colony people work in?
Blacksmithing, Shipbuilding, and Ironworking
Which colony was best suited for agriculture
The Middle colonies
This cash crop is what the slaves in the south mostly farmed and gathered.
Cotton
Who founded Pennsylvania as a safe place for Quakers
William Penn
What was the middle passage
What is the brutal sea voyage that transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas as the middle leg of the Triangular Trade.
What materials did John Smith trade to the native Americans to get the corn they needed to support Jamestown?
Copper, beads, and metal tools
What land was Jamestown built on?
Jamestown was built on a swampy, muddy peninsula. In Virginia
These were the middle colony's cash crops
grains, particularly wheat, corn, rye, and barley.
What would local town people do to help make laws
Have town meetings and vote
This is what the New England colonies economy relied on.
Fishing
This is what the southern colonies mostly traded with Europe
Cash crops
In the Southern Colonies, where were plantations built?
On riverbanks, to allow for the easy transport of goods. It made trade significantly easier.
What were the slaves use for the farmers and colonists?
The slaves helped the farmers on the fields and helped grow crops
Who directly ruled the Royal (Provincial) Colonies?
Directly ruled by the British king, who appointed a royal governor to run the territory.
These Acts were made to make sure England made money from the colonies.
The Navigation Acts
What would the 13 colonies trade with each other
regional goods
What was the first permanent English settlement in the province of Carolina?
Charles Town (which is now Charleston)