Throwback
What was the main motivation behind the establishment of Jamestown and other southern colonies?
Economic gain
What was the second leg (millions of Africans packed on a ship bound to the Americas) of the triangular trade system known as?
Middle Passage
George Whitefield toured 5000 miles preaching more than 350 times, what movement was he involved in?
Great Awakening
Why was farming difficult for New England colonists?
The soil was rocky and sandy
What were the 3 G's that were the Spanish Goals?
God, Glory, Gold
Why was Anne Hutchinson exiled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
She challenged the Puritan leaders about women's rights to be able to preach.
The Navigation Acts passed by Parliament in the 1600s supported what economic policy?
Merchantilism
What impact did the First Great Awakening have on the British colonies?
It led to a greater emphasis on religious tolerance
The Dutch city of New Amsterdam became which city after New Netherlands was taken over by the British?
New York
The British practiced what economic policy?
Merchantilism
Which two colonies broke off from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Connecticut and Rhode Island
What caused the plantation leaders to start getting slaves from Africa?
European Disease killed off huge numbers of Native Americans
What was called the spread of new ideas about how people viewed the world?
Enlightenment
Which colony was founded by the Dutch, originally named New Netherlands, and settled by a diverse population?
New York
What was the name of the river route the French used to get to Asia faster?
Northwest Trade Route
The follow was an example of what type of government used by the Puritans to maintain order?
No on shall be a freeman, or give a vote, unless he be converted and a member of the church.
theocracy
What were two ways the slaves passively resisted?
Broke tools and worked slow
Who gave the speech, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Jonathan Edwards
Which religious followers believed both men and women could be ministers, girls and boys were educated, and men and women worshipped equally in meetinghouses?
Quakers
Why did the French want to convert Native Americans to Catholicism?
To make their relationship stronger
What was the two main reasons Georgia was established?
to serve as a debtor colony and a buffer between Spanish and British colonies
Who did the plantation owners use as slaves at first?
Indigenous people
What two things might have been the cause of people being drawn away from religion?
Economic and political changes
Who founded a haven for the Quakers?
William Penn
Which country was looking for the Northwest Passage and wanted to establish a good relationship with the Native Americans?
France