Colonial Diversity
In what two ways did the population of the colonies increase?
Immigration (Great Migration) and natural increase
In all the colonies what was the main occupation necessary for survival?
Farming
How did colonist and Indian's view land ownership?
Indians shared the land among their tribes. Europeans believed in permanent land ownership
Who could vote in the colonies?
free adult white male property owners (freeholders)
Most of the Europeans who came to America were from what three groups
English, Scots-Irish, Germans
What three factors influenced the economies of the early settlers?
climate, geography, and resources
Name two reasons for mission work among the Indians?
A genuine concern for souls and a desire for Indians to become more European.
What type of things might the justice of the peace have done?
held trials, settle disputes, collected taxes, granted licenses, recorded property deeds, and sometime settled elections
Why did slave labor become more prominent in the southern colonies than in the others?
Plantation owners began to rely on cheap labor to grow cash crops. The New England and Middle colonies had shorter growing seasons and could not grow as many extra crops.
What main types of products were exported from each of the colonial regions?
New England - fish, whale products, ships
Middle - livestock, furs
Southern - cash crops, tobacco, rice, indigo
What printed work was completed by John Eliot?
the translation of the Bible into Algonquin
What type of tax became the main source of income for the colonies?
property tax
Which colonial region included the most diverse nationalities?
Middle
What was the most common food crop in America
Corn
What ware in New England ended with the capture and slavery of many Indians?
the Pequot War
Who chose the leaders in the charter and royal colonies?
charter - citizens
royal - the king
On what two types of routes did the settlers move west?
along rives and over wilderness trails
What geographic regions were the three main points on the trading triangle?
western Africa, American colonies, and England
After attacking Indians in Virginia, Bacon next took control of what city and later burned it?
Jamestown
Contrast new England's local government with that of the southern colonies?
New England held town meetings where all freeholders could talk and vote.
Southern colonies were more rural and were usually organized by the county.