Vocabulary
to move with a group of others to live in a new country or area
settle
the colonies with the best farmland are located in this region
Southern Colonies
What the English heard about the Natives before they arrived
They were 'savages,' less than human.
English showed they could be cruel colonizers by the way they treated colonists in this part of Europe
Ireland
the status of the first Africans who arrived in 1619
indentured servants
a large area of land on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated
plantation
colonies in this area had cold winters and rocky soil
New England Colonies
reason King Philip's war was fought
increasing conflicts over land
the crop that drew many to Jamestown
tobacco
group that enslaved Africans sometimes joined forces with to escape their situation
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
colony
colonies in this area could make use of plentiful forests and mild weather
Middle Colonies
the means through which 38 settlers survived the 'starving time'
Native Americans saved them by bringing them food
English were easily able to settle in Massachusetts for this reason
Native Americans who farmed this land had died in great numbers due to European diseases.
3 challenges Africans faced in resisting their enslavement
trauma from kidnapping and horrific journey, separated from everything that gave them identity, unfamiliar surroundings
a settler of a colony
colonist
3 cash crops grown on Southern plantations
tobacco, rice, cotton (or others we mentioned)
True or false: At first, when the English called the Natives 'savages,' they meant the word kindly.
True
the group who were allowed to vote in the colonies
landowning males
what landowners did to prevent uprisings
a country that sends settlers to a place and establishes political control over it
colonizer
Fishing was popular in this area of the colonies
New England Colonies
One way English tried to 'civilize' Native Americans
took their children and tried to teach them the English way (teaching them English and Christianity)
the structure of colonial government
general assemblies with governors appointed by the King in England
the reason the law the House of Burgesses made about Black indentured servants is important
It legalized slavery by stating that settlers in Virginia could own Black indentured servants and would NOT have to give them land after 25 years. The settlers would also get to own the children of the slaves.