Colonization
What is the term for one country taking over another land?
Colonization
When is your quiz? :)
Thursday!
Main economic activity?
Ocean/fishing
Where were Native Americans forced to go when settlers moved in?
West - later onto reservations
The Powhatan Confederacy fought with settlers in which town?
Jamestown, VA
What were the two main motivations for exploration and colonization?
Economic and Religious
What denomination of Christianity were the Pilgrims and Quakers?
(Think English Toleration Act from VVG)
Protestants
What was the religious revival movement called?
The Great Awakening
What is the nickname of the Middle colonies?
Breadbasket
Where were cash crops grown? (What kind of farming operations)
Plantations
Name the THREE main European countries that colonized North America
Spain, France, Great Britain
(Bonus: Netherlands in New York)
House of Burgesses
What was the religious group in New England known as?
The Puritans or Pilgrims
Which founding father (Never a POTUS) moved from Boston to Philadelphia?
Ben Franklin
What was the main economic activity of the Southern colonies?
Cash crops
What was the trade of ideas, diseases, plants, etc. between America and Europe called?
Columbian Exchange
Which THREE continents were involved in the Triangle Trade?
Africa, the America(s), and Europe
Why was farming not so common in New England?
Thick forests and rocky soil. Logging and ocean based economic activity was more common
What religious group in the Middle colonies was considered tolerant of Native Americans and opposed slavery?
Quakers
Self-government in the Southern Colonies (Virginia)
House of Burgesses
Which two primary source accounts/perspectives did we read?
Christopher Columbus - an Italian explorer on behalf of Spain
What is the term for someone who labors for someone else in exchange for financial support to start a life in North America? (Not quite enslaved...)
Indentured servant
Name any ONE colony in the New England region
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Name a Middle colony
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Name a Southern colony
Virginia, Maryland, N/S Carolina, Georgia