Vocab #1
This was an individual who would typically spend several years working hard labor in return for a safe trip to the colonies.
indentured servant
This is a country or area under full or partial political control from another country.
colony
Which region is known for its plantations
Southern Colonies
Who was the person who introduced tobacco to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
In the beginning, did Plymouth practice a type of direct democracy or representative democracy?
Direct Democracy (each person's vote counts)
This is known as the practice of holding a person in bondage for labor forever.
slavery
A contract given to a company in order to establish a colony in America
charter
Which region is known for its rocky soil?
New England Coloines
Who was the person who said, "He that will not work shall not eat"?
John Smith
In the beginning, did Jamestown practice a direct democracy or a representative democracy?
representative democracy (where the people elect representatives)
This colony was the first successful settlement in the colonies and was founded for economic reasons.
Jamestown
This is created by people who put their money into investments where they can earn money back
joint-stock company
Which region is know as the "Breadbasket" Colonies?
Middle Colonies
Who was the Powhatan woman who helped bring some peace between the Powhatan and the colonists by marrying John Rolfe?
Pocahontas
Which settlement that we discussed was mostly founded for religious freedom?
Plymouth
This was a religious group that rejected the Anglican Church (The Church of England) by making services simpler and doing away with ranks of authority.
Pilgrims (Separatists)
These were a group from England that settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) in 1630 and sought to reform the practices of the Church of England.
Puritans
What region is the settlement of Plymouth in?
New England Colonies
Who founded Maryland as a refuge (safe place) for Catholics?
Lord Baltimore
Which settlement that we discussed was mostly founded for economic gain?
Jamestown (gold)
This was an agreement established by the men who sailed to America which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self-government
Mayflower Compact
The transatlantic system of trade in which goods, including slaves, were exchanged between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in North America
Triangular Trade
What region is the settlement of Jamestown in?
Southern Colonies
Who founded Georgia as a place for debtors and the poor as well as made it a buffer between the Spanish and the English colonists.
James Oglethorpe
What was the name of the main church that King Henry VIII established in England? It is called two things, you can just pick one.
Church of England or the Anglican Church