Early Settlements
The first permanent English settlement in North America?
What is Jamestown?
Flat land along the coast that has fertile soil.
What is Tidewater?
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
What are New England Colonies?
The system of developing colonies to enrich the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
Who were enslaved people?
Along these geographical features was where the wealthy elite build their plantations because they provided easy transportation of goods.
What are rivers?
What is Middle Class?
This was a leader of Jamestown that improved their conditions by making the rule "If you don't work, you don't eat".
Who is John Smith?
Who are pilgrims?
Crops that are grown to be sold, and not used by the farmer.
What are cash crops?
The tradition and belief that the people should elect leaders to make decisions for their group
What is self-government?
The colony started by Sir Walter Raleigh that disappeared, leaving only the word "Croatan"
What is Roanoke?
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were two leaders that started settlements because they disagreed with the Puritan and were banished.
Who are dissenters?
The first major cash crop of the English colonies in North America.
What is tobacco?
This colony had the largest population in New England and the most influence religiously and politically.
What is Massachusetts?
What is a Headright?
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
Who are Indentured Servants?
The Church of England
What is Anglican?
The acceptance of different opinions
What is tolerance?