The first colony in America
Jamestown, Virginia
Which of the following best describes the economic differences between the Southern and New England Colonies?
The Southern Colonies were more dependent on growing and selling labor intensive cash/staple crops like rice, indigo and tobacco.
The New England Colonies that relied on shipbuilding, fishing, and small farms
This figure burned down Jamestown due to his frustration with Native American raids and failed protection from Virginia's governor
Nathaniel Bacon / Bacon's rebellion
The name given to the horrendous journey endured by slaves from Africa to the Americas is known as
The Middle Passage
What was the reason why many English people originally migrated to North America?
Religious freedom
The main source of labor in the southern and Chesapeake colonies
Slaves
These Europeans built economic and diplomatic relations with Native Americans to acquire fur and other products to export to Europe
The French
This figure created the colony of Pennsylvania
William Penn
The Spanish system of social stratification in the New World
Casta System
What caused the elimination of millions of Native Americans during the years 1492 -1550
European Disease
Large, investor-backed companies that sponsored European exploration and colonization in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Joint-stock companies
The Mayflower Compact established which of the following principles in Colonial America?
(3 possible answers)
Self-Government
Consent of the Governed
Social Contract Theory
This conflict happened due to the westward migration of colonists onto Native Americans land
King Phillip's war / Metacom's War
An economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries
Mercantilism
This religious group settled down and established a colony in New England
Puritans
Who was the group of people that established the Jamestown colony?
The Pilgrims
This colony welcomed people from different cultures and religions
Pennsylvania
A confederal alliance of the New England colonies of Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Haven formed in May 1643.
New England Confederation
The name for cyclical transportation by slave traders of enslaved Africans to the Americas, and back to Europe is known as
The Translantic Slave Trade
These exports were popular in the Northern Colonies and supported European mercantilism (two answers)
Rum and Lumber
The different types of economies found in the original colonies were primarily a reflection of ....
A) nationalities of the settlers
B) geography of the areas
C) provisions of the charters
D) religion of the settlers
B) Geography of the areas
Jamestown was founded in 1607, Plymouth colony, founded in 1620, New Amsterdam, founded in 1625
Geographically, what did all these colonies have in common?
They were near the coastline
The mass exodus of Europeans who went to North America for religious freedom is known as
The Great Migration
The first government created in America was ....
House of Burgesses (this was the first legislative body in the colonies)
How did colonies contribute to the development of European mercantilism?
They supplied a variety of raw materials for trade.