It is the first english colony to fully sustain itself.
What is Jamestown
100
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
What is Indentured Servants
100
This was the nickname for the farming of wheat, corn, and grain for profit that is generally associated with the Middle Colonies.
What is Bread Basket Farming
100
This is the type of government where elected officials make laws for its people.
What is Representative Democracy
100
He wrote the Common Sense pamphlet.
Who is Thomas Paine
200
The Colony established by Roger Williams which was based on Separation of Church and State.
What is Rhode Island
200
These were large production Cash Crop farms that resembled European Feudalism. Instead of landlocked serfs, these farms had African slaves.
What are Plantations
200
The trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits.
What is Triangular Trade
200
Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of representative government.
What is Mayflower Compact
200
He was the author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
300
The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is Roanoke Colony
300
This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. Known for Theocratic government.
What are Puritans
300
Nickname for the type of farming for profit that included tobacco, rice, indigo, and slave labor. Generally associated with Southern Colonies.
What is Cash Crop Farming
300
This type of government is where the wealthy class rule. Generally associated with Southern Colonies
What is Aristocracy
300
He was the 1st president
Who is George Washington
400
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania
400
This religious movement in Europe was started by Martin Luther and split the Christian faith. This lead to many religious settlers in America.
What is Protestant Reformation
400
This colonial region had the most diverse economy. Included Bread Basket farms, busy trade harbors, fur trade, merchants, fisherman, lumber, and small farms.
What are Middle Colonies
400
This type of government is ruled by religious leaders and religious laws. Salem village was an example of a failed form of this type of government
What is Theocracy
400
He had the biggest signature on the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Hancock
500
This Colony was set up with religious settlers under the principles of a Theocratic government.
What is Massachusetts (or Plymouth)
500
This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.
What are Pilgrims
500
These small farms that DID NOT produce income but did produce food for families. Most early colonists lived on these type of farms.
What are subsistence farms
500
The first form of representative government in the colonies. Elected officials of Jamestown formed this legislative body.