definitions
race or culture
ethnicity
an estate on which crops are worked by resident labor
plantation
where would you find the highest population density in the colonies
along the coastline in new england
this colony was a refuge for debtors
georgia
colonist came to the new world for what 2 reasons
religious freedom and wealth
settling a new area
colonization
one who worked for passage to the new world
indentured servant
this was the first form of self government (1620)
Mayflower compact
Pennsylvania
maryland, pennsylvania, rhode island and massachusetts where all founded for what reason
religious freedom
farming
agriculture
a contract or document
charter
the name of the voyage the slave took to the new world
middle passage
the main economic activity of the southern colonies was
plantations
these are the 3 reasons for exploration
GGG
God, gold and glory
1600's america
colonial era
mercantilism
the main economic activity of the middle colonies was?
small grain farms (breadbasket)
the first representative assembly in the new world was
the Virginia house of Burgesses
the first permanent English settlement in the new world was
Jamestown
crops raised for money
cash crops
name 2 main resources of the southern colonies
tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton
the main economic activities of the New england colonies was (name 2)
fishing, ship building, shipping, timber
the first written constitution in the new world was
the fundamental orders of Connecticut
raw materials leaving the colonies bound for Britain, manufactured goods leaving Britain bound for Africa, Slaves leaving africa bound for the Colonies.
This describes what activity?
Triangle trade