Vocabulary
Monarch
King or Queen
What is a push factor?
Something that causes people to move away from a place.
What was the major industry of the Southern Colonies?
Agriculture; Cash crops
What caused the deaths of nearly 2/3 of the Jamestown colonists?
Disease, starvation, lack of survival skills
This was the name of the route forcibly taken by slaves to get to the West Indies and the colonies
The Middle Passage
The process of moving from country to country is called __________________.
Immigration
What is a pull factor?
Something that causes people to move to a place.
What are some major industries of the New England Colonies?
Shipbuilding, Trading, Skilled Crafts, Fishing/Whaling
What caused the Pilgrims to leave England?
Religious Persecution
This famous document from 1689 took power from the Monarch and gave more power to Parliament
The English Bill of Rights
Indentured Servant
Describe some pull factors of the Jamestown (Virginia) Colony.
Natural resources, land, job opportunities, gold.
The geography of this region didn't allow them to grow cash crops; The soil was rocky and poor, and the climate was too cold in the fall/winter. They had a short growing season.
What was the cause of increased slavery in the colonies?
Need for labor for cash crops, less indentured servants available, plantations growing in size
The New England Colonies used ______ ________ as a form of self-government (two words)
Town Halls
Religious Persecution
To be punished for your religious beliefs
Describe some push factors of England
Overcrowded, religious persecution, limited opportunities
This word means "relating to agriculture" and describes the Southern Colonies.
Agrarian
What was the cause of King Philip's War?
English Colonists were taking over Wampanoag lands
France
This colonial assembly was elected to make laws for the people of Virginia
The Virginia House of Burgesses
What push factor caused the Pilgrims to leave the Netherlands?
Their children were learning Dutch culture
The system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade is called _______________.
Mercantilism
What was an effect of the Great Awkening?
Massive expansion of Christianity, people demanded more political equality.
The original name for the Colony of New York was ________________, and it was controlled by ______. (Two answers)
New Netherland; The Dutch