Geography
Which colonial region has rocky soil and cold winters?
New England Colonies
When Puritans came from England, what were they in search of?
Religious Freedom
What were the House of Burgesses and colonial assembles an example of?
Voting, making decisions through a Representative Government
What is Supply?
The amount of a good that is available.
How did relations between the colonists and Native Americans start?
Peaceful
Which colony was called the "breadbasket" colony?
Middle Colonies
What religion was predominantly in Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What was traded from Africa to the Americas?
Enslaved Africans through the Transatlantic Slave Trade
What was the purpose of enslaved Africans in the Southern Colonies?
Work on plantations
What did the colonists want from Native Americans?
Land for crops
In the South, what were big farms called?
Plantations
Which New England colony was created by the Puritians?
What was traded from the colonies to Africa?
Rum and Iron
What was the purpose of enslaved Africans in the New England colonies?
Worked in homes, shops, or cities
Why did the Colonist think the Mercantile system was unfair?
They had to send all raw goods to the mother country, and they could only purchase goods from England.
What were the big cash crops of the South?
Rice, indigo, tobacco
Maryland was a safe place for...?
Catholics
What was sent from the West Indies to the Colonies?
Sugar and molasses
How did the enslaved Africans quietly fight back?
They would sing songs with secret messages and keep their African traditions alive
Roger Williams set up the colony of Rhode Island because he believed government should not tell people how to practice their religion
Which colonial region was known for building ships and trading goods?
What was Rhode Island known for?
People could worship freely
What is mercantilism?
Economic system by which the mother country controls production, demanding raw materials and trade of colonies.
What did Olaudah Equiano write about slavery and why?
It was cruel and tore families apart he learned this through a famous court case.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains