Jamestown
Jamestown is notable as the first of these in North America (1607).
What is the permanent English colony?
This colony was settled in 1620, but in the wrong place.
What is Plymouth?
This issue was the main point of conflict between English colonists and Native Americans.
What is land?
The Southern colonies relied predominantly on these farms.
What are plantations?
This future general began his military career at age 21 in the Ohio River Valley
Who is George Washington?
This leader warned the people, "If you don't work, you don't eat."
Who is John Smith?
The Pilgrims contributed to the development of “democratic” ideas in early America by creating this document.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The section of the Triangular Trade Route running from Africa to the Colonies.
What is the Middle Passage?
Plymouth, Rhode Island, and Maryland all led the way for this freedom.
What is religious?
The area of the Ohio Valley where three rivers met, and the French built Fort Duquesne.
What are "the Forks"?
John Rolfe is notable for introducing this important cash crop to Jamestown.
What is tobacco?
Founded in 1630 by John Winthrop, this colony was intended to be “A City on a Hill.”
What is Massachusetts Bay?
The fur trade and the Mystic Massacre were part of what early conflict?
What is the Pequot War?
The British colonies needed to produce as many resources as possible as part of this economic system.
What is mercantilism?
Benjamin Franklin proposed this idea for colonial self-government in 1754.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Established in 1619, this first representative assembly in the American colonies allowed colonists to have a say in their governance, promoting the idea of self-determination.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This concept refers to a government for all the people.
What is Civil Body Politic?
Metacom was a Wompanoag leader, but he was better known by this name.
What/who is "King Philip"?
These colonies were colder and depended on fishing and shipbuilding.
What are the New England Colonies?
The French and Indian War began when the English ambushed the French at this place.
What is Jumonville Glen?
What is "republicanism"?
When people are held to the same laws and receive what is right.
What is "just and equal"?
These were laws that controlled the behavior of enslaved blacks and identified them as property.
What are "slave codes"?
These colonies had the most economic, religious, and social diversity.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This British law prevented any colonial settlement to the west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?