The South
The first permanent English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown?
This group of English settlers arrived in 1620 aboard the Mayflower in present-day Massachusetts
Who are the Pilgrims?
Original name for the current state of New York
What is New Netherland?
War fought between France and England from 1754-1763 over the territory in the Ohio River Valley
What is the French-and-Indian War?
The first institution for higher learning in America, established in 1636
What is Harvard?
The southern-most English colony, established in 1732 as a buffer between English and Spanish territories
What is Georgia?
This group of English settlers came to America to escape the religious situation with the Church of England
Who are the Puritans?
This colony's name translates to "Penn's Woods," and was advertised as a place where people could come to find land, opportunity, and religious freedom
What is Pennsylvania?
Religious revival that spread through the American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s.
What is the Great Awakening?
Leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who wanted the colony to a "city upon a hill" for Puritan society
Who is John Winthrop?
The economy of the Southern Colonies was heavily dependent on this due to its fertile land and warm climate
What is farming/agriculture?
This document was signed aboard the ship that bears the same name, and it was an agreement for Pilgrims to establish laws for the good of the colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
These types of crops were important agricultural products that could be used for food and trade. Examples include corn, barley, and oats
What are staple crops?
Treaty that ended the French-and-Indian War
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Quaker who founded Pennsylvania as a colony based on religious freedom
Who is William Penn?
Laborers were brought across the Atlantic from this continent to help work the plantations in the Southern Colonies
What is Africa?
The driving force behind government, daily life, and pretty much everything in New England
What is religion
A Christian religious group that emphasized religious equality, peace, and individual relationships with God that made their home in current day Pennsylvania
Who are the Quakers?
A system of Atlantic trade connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Included parts such as the Middle Passage.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Native American chief who helped lead resistance movements against the British after the French-and-Indian War
Who is Pontiac?
The name for important crops in the south. Examples: tobacco, rice, and indigo
What are cash crops?
Due to poor soil and climate, much of New England's economy was built on ______.
What is trade, fishing, and shipbuilding?
Because the Middle Colonies had good farmland and major ports, cities such as New York and Philadelphia became major centers for _______
What are trade and commerce?
A group of people who make laws
What is a legislature?
Daughter of the chief of the Powhatan who married English settler John Rolfe
Who is Pocahontas?