Indigenous Peoples
lived in both nomadic & sedentary communities; hunted bison
Plains Region
Connecticut (CT), Rhode Island (RI), Massachusetts (MA), New Hampshire (NH)
main crop grown in Middle Colonies
wheats & cereals
first written constitution in American history; established a representative government with legislature elected by popular vote and governor chosen by elected legislature
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
England used THIS policy when enforcing mercantilism
Salutary neglect
used irrigation; lived in adobe housing in cliffs
Southwest Region
List the 4 colonies in the Middle Region
New York (NY), Pennsylvania (PA), New Jersey (NJ), Delaware (DE)
had tobacco, rice, & indigo plantations; agricultural economy
1619; first representative assembly in America; created by Virginian colonists
House of Burgesses
war that ends most American Indian resistance in New England
Metacom's War (King Philip's War)
had extensive trade within the region; farmed, fished, hunted & gathered
Northeast Region
List the 5 colonies in the Southern region
South Carolina (SC), Georgia (GA), North Carolina (NC), Virginia (VA), Maryland (MD)
religiously diverse region; known for toleration
Middle Colonies
economic theory that a country’s wealth was determined by how much more it exported than it imported → colonies only exist to enrich parent company
mercantilism
cause: poor farmers wanted to go out west to get more land and wealth
Bacon's Rebellion
Indigenous peoples had the most conflict with THIS British colonial region
New England colonies
Puritans were most common in THIS colonial region
New England Colonies
mixed economy of small farms, shipbuilding, fishing, and trading
New England Colonies
movement of fervent expressions of religious feeling among the masses in 1730s and 1740s; helps create shared cultural identity between the 13 colonies
Great Awakening
What is the MAJOR impact of the Great Awakening?
it created a common colonial experience --> shared culture
2 impacts of Columbian Exchange on Indigenous Peoples
Chesapeake Region
THIS region had a population that was predominantly enslaved peoples
Southern Colonies
system in which Spain’s king granted natives who lived on a tract of land to individual Spaniards; Indians forced to work on land and Spanish had to “care” for them in exchange
Encomienda System
List 2 things that went from the New World to the Old World
corn, tobacco, tomatoes, turkeys, vanilla, potatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, beans