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What was the name of the first English Colony?
Jamestown
What was the system in which goods and slaves were traded among the Americas, Britain, and Africa
Triangular Trade
Who was the leader of the Jamestown colony?
John Smith
Who was Pocahantas?
Pocahontas was a Powhatan Native American woman who married Jamestown colonist John Rolfe
What was the name of laws that were used to control slaves?
Slave Codes
What was the Separatist group that cut all ties with the Church of England and left England to escape persecution?
Pilgrims
Who was William Penn?
a Quaker leader who founded the Pennsylvania colony
Who are the Quakers?
a religious group that believed in the equality of men and women before God; supported nonviolence and religious tolerance
What are staple crops?
crops that are always needed, such as wheat, barley, and oats
Who was the leader of Puritans who left England for Massachusetts seeking religious freedom?
John Winthrop
Who won the French and Indian War?
England and the Colonies
What was the climate in the New England Colonies?
Seasonal winter with long winters
What was the Protestant group that wanted to reform, or purify, the Church of England
Puritans
What made up the economy, or made the money, in the South?
Farming
Who was the Patuxet Indian who had lived in Europe and spoke English?
Tisaquantum
Who had control over the 13 colonies during the colonial time period?
England or Britain
Who did the Native Americans fight with during French and Indian War?
The French AND British
What are immigrants?
people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
What was the legal contract male passengers on the Mayflower signed agreeing to have fair laws to protect the general good?
Mayflower Compact
Who is Anne Hutchison?
a Puritan woman who disagreed on religious ideas, was tried, and forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
A Rebellion against the colonial government led by Nathaniel Bacon over the issue of raising taxes
What was the Middle Passage?
The actual voyage of African American slaves across the Atlantic Ocean where Thousands of enslaved people died
What were indentured servants?
Indentured servants were colonists who reached America by working for free for other people who had paid for their journeys
What were the Colonies making up the Middle Colonies?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
What was the Toleration Act of 1649?
an act that made limiting the religious rights of Christians a crime