Vocabulary
Agriculture
the practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
Maryland was founded as a
refuge for English Catholics
Colonial Trade was limited by the:
Navigation Acts
The first colony was located in
Virginia (Jamestown)
The protestants who left England did find the freedom they wanted in the Netherlands, but their conflict was:
That their children were starting to absorb the Dutch culture.
Treaty
an agreement or arrangement made by negotiation
The Quakers founded the colony of:
Pennsylvania
Cash crops + difficult work=
dependence on slavery
Each colony had a:
govenor
An argument between a colonist and a British soldier escalated and became known as the:
Boston Massacre
Persecution
to harass or punish in a manner designed to injure because of beliefs
The religious beliefs of the Quakers included:
non violence, equality between men and women, and tolerance
Because the climate allowed for a longer growing/farming season the economy of the Southern colonies was largely dependent upon
agriculture
The Middle colonies were initially established by the
Dutch
These acts were designed to punish the Massachusetts colony and to deter other colonies from rebelling.
The Interolerable Acts (or Coerceive Acts)
Repeal
to revoke (take away) by legal means
In the New England colonies religion and government
were closely linked
After the French and Indian War, England was left with a 122 million pounds debt. This leads England to implement:
The Stamp Act
After the French and Indian War/Seven Year War, England gains control of
Spanish Florida
England increases taxes on the colonies to:
pay for the French and Indian War/Seven Year War
Mercantilism
an economic system built to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy, especially though trade, manufacturing, and trading monopolies.
40,000 people left England and went to either the North American colonies or colonies in the Caribean because the English government was punishing:
Puritans
When the colonists boycotted English goods:
England increased taxes again, sent in soldiers, and broke up the Massachusetts government.
The goal of the Mayflower Compact was to provide:
fair laws for the good of all
After the Boston Tea Party, England responded with:
The Intolerable Acts/The Coercive Acts