Colonial Regions
This region’s economy relied most heavily on cash crops such as tobacco and rice.
Southern colonies
He founded Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers.
William Penn
This labor system was common before slavery became widespread, with poor Europeans working for passage to the colonies.
Indentured servitude
The first written framework of government in the New England colonies, signed aboard ship.
Mayflower Compact
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia involved frontier settlers fighting both Native Americans and the colonial government, highlighting tensions between poor settlers and wealthy elites.
This New England colony was founded as a "city upon a hill" by Puritans
Massachusetts Bay
This leader helped the survival of Jamestown by implementing “work or starve” policies.
John Smith
The “triangular trade” carried enslaved Africans to the Americas through this brutal route.
Middle Passage
This 1692 event reflected religious and social tensions in Massachusetts Bay.
This war in 1675–1676 saw New England colonists clash with Native Americans, devastating both sides.
King Philip's War
Colonies like Pennsylvania and New York were known for this nickname due to their mixed economy
"Breadbasket" colonies
He was the royal governor of Virginia who had unfair tax policies and friendly relations with local Native groups, causing animosity from the indentured servants.
William Berkely
Companies formed when investors pooled their money together in exchange for a percentage of ownership on the company.
Joint Stock Companies
The colony of Pennsylvania was known for this group’s commitment to equality, a term known as:
Egalitarianism
The 1622 massacre of colonists in Virginia was led by this Native group.
Powhatan Tribe
The colony of Maryland was originally founded as a refuge for this religious group.
Catholics
She was banished from Massachusetts Bay for challenging Puritan leaders, later helping to found Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
Provide 4 reasons why the English came to the New World:
-- primogeniture
-- conversion
-- economic opportunities
--overpopulation in England
Provide 3 elements of American identity present in colonial America
--Representative democracy
--religious freedom (kind of)
--economic independence
This Pueblo leader united Native Americans in a successful revolt against the Spanish in 1680.
Pope's Rebellion
This geographic feature provided the greatest barrier to westward colonial expansion in the 17th century
Appalachian Mountains
“… Forced to leave Massachusetts Bay, I sought to establish a place where liberty of conscience was preserved. Government must concern itself with civil matters, not the soul of man.”
– Colonial leader, 1635
Roger Williams
“… All trade of the colonies shall be carried in English-built ships. No sugar, tobacco, cotton, wool, or indigo shall be shipped except to England or English ports.”
– Navigation Act, 1660
What policy did this represent? How did it impact the colonies?
The colony of Georgia was originally intended as a refuge for this group.
Debtors
This series of trade regulations attempted to restrict colonial commerce to England’s benefit.
Navigation Acts