Economics
What was the primary economic activity in the Southern Colonies?
Agriculture/farming
Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620
Plymouth
What area did people from England move to for religious freedom
New England Colonies/Plymouth
What system was primarily used for labor in the Southern Colonies
Slavery
What type of immigrants primarily came to the Southern Colonies for labor?
African Slaves
What was the main cash crop grown in the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco & Cotton
What geographic feature significantly influenced the economy of the Southern Colonies?
Fertile Soil
How did indentured servitude differ from slavery
could be free and own land after time served
What was the purpose of indentured servitude in the colonies
Indentured Servitude
When arriving to Jamestown what was life like for European immigrants? Explain
Difficult, majority died due to lack of food
What did northern colonies rely on for economic gain?
Shipbuilding, whaling, and fishing
Which colony was the furthest north among the original 13
Maine/Massachusetts
How did social class divisions manifest in colonial life?
Difference between wealth, occupation, and land ownership
How did the labor systems in the Northern Colonies differ from those in the South
North relied on free labor and skilled artisans
Opportunity for economic growth
What did the middle colonies economic system consist of?
Farming & Mining
What was the Climate like in the Northern colonies?
Which area eventually banned slavery?
Northern Colonies
Which group of people were used prior to African Slaves?
Native Americans
What were Jamestown settlers relationships like with Native Americans?
Poor, Colonists forced Native Americans to trade
Wheat & Corn
What type of geographic features did the middle colonies have?
Mountains and Farmland
How were enslaved people treated? (give example)
Enslaved people were abused and mistreated (whipped, chained, beaten, killed)
What is the difference between an indentured servant and an enslaved person
Indentured servants would eventually have freedom and the opportunity to own land/gain wealth
What did Plymouth settlers gain from Native Americans?
they learned how to farm in sandy areas