EARLY SETTLEMENTS
The first permanent English colony in North America
What is Jamestown?
This region became wealthy through trading in the late 1600's
What is the Middle or Mid-Atlantic region?
The Middle Colonies were known for this cultural characteristic
What is cultural diversity?
The Proclamation Act of 1763 prohibited settlement west of these mountains
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Most Native American population decline in the 16th century was caused by this
What is disease?
These "first Africans" arrived in this colony in the early 1600s
What is Virginia?
The development of shipbuilding and cod fishing had the greatest impact on this colonial region
What is New England?
Roger Williams founded Providence, Rhode Island to promote this
What is religious tolerance?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 resulted in Britain gaining these territories
What are Florida and Canada?
"The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us. This produced copious perspirations, so that the air soon became unfit for respiration, from a variety of loathsome smells, and brought on a sickness among the slaves, of which many died, thus falling victims to the improvident avarice, as I may call it, of their purchasers".
- from The interesting narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African.Olaudah Equiano.
Olaudah Equiano's passage describes this part of the slave trade
What is the Middle Passage?
The Powhatan Indians had this type of relationship with British settlers
What is a tense and confrontational relationship?
Selling more than consuming , sending money back to the mother country, represents this economic system
What is mercantilism?
During the First Great Awakening, colonial parishioners were most concerned with this
What is religious salvation?
This Country was removed from North America after the French and Indian War, their territory was given to Britain
Who is France?
This region would likely have the most large landowners and indentured servants
What are the Southern colonies?
This 1754 Ben Franklin cartoon encouraged colonial unity
What is the "Join or Die" snake cartoon?
The Navigation Acts promoted British trade with colonies rather than trading with who?
What is trade with French and Spanish?
The Puritans and Pilgrims had the greatest impact on this region's social norms
What is the New England colonies?
The French-Indian War led to this, which helped cause the American Revolution
What are new taxes in the American colonies?
This was the main reason for bringing enslaved Africans to Southern colonies
What is the economy's need for free labor?
This rebellion in Virginia was directly caused by conflict between white settlers and Native Americans
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Geographic conditions were the main reason for what development in the colonies?
What are the economic differences between the Mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies?
The Mayflower Compact, New England town meetings, and Virginia House of Burgesses exemplify this
What is early colonial self-government?
During the period of salutary neglect, colonies developed this ability
What is self-governing?
This describes most English settlers' attitude toward Native Americans
What is viewing them as inferiors and showing little respect for their society?