Origins Drop
First permanent English colony
Jamestown
Colonists came mainly to this region for religious freedom
New England
First representative government in Virginia
House of Burgesses
Colonies provided raw materials while England made finished(manufactured) goods
Mercantilism
Ocean east of the colonies
Discovered the New World
Christopher Columbus
This region had a very warm climate rich soil and a long growing season. A lot of agriculture (farming), plantations and slavery.
Southern Colonies
Religious group that sailed to America in 1620 seeking religious freedom
Pilgrims
Colonists settled in Southern colonies mainly to frown this type of crops
Cash crops
First written constitution in America by Thomas Hooker
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Large farms that relied on enslaved labor
Plantations
Mountains west of early colonial settlement
Appalachian Mountains
Faster, cheaper trade routes and the 3 G's (God, Gold & Religion) are mainly reasons for
Exploration
What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies
Breadbasket colonies
Agreement signed aboard the Mayflower creating self-government
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe as a colony for these people
Debtors
System where citizens(people) elect lawmakers to make laws for them
Representative government
Enslaved labor allowed Southern colonies to grow this type of crops efficiently
Cash Crops
Colonists settled near rivers mainly for this reason
Transportation and Trade
The exchange of crops, animals, disease, and ideas of different cultures after Europeans landed in the Americas.
Columbian Exchange
This region had rocky soil and a cold climate. These colonist made money by shipbuilding and trading.
New England Colonies
Jamestown survived largely because colonists began growing this profitable crop
Tobacco
Colonist moved to America to escape religious control from this country?
England
Colonist expected the same political rights as citizens living in this country
England
Trade between the colonies, Africa & Europe formed this system
Triangular Route
Puritans founded this colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Catholics that wanted to escape religious persecution founded this colony
Maryland
A farmer produces just enough to support himself and his family with little left
Subsistence Farming
The Mayflower Compact is important because it established this key democratic idea
Self Government - consent of the governed
New England colonies developed shipbuilding and trade mainly because of this geographic factor
Rocky soil that limited farming.
The Mayflower Compact and House of Burgesses both helped establish this American political tradition
Self Government
Supply raw materials and buy British goods
Access to the Atlantic Ocean helped colonial economies grow because it allowed this activity
Transatlantic trade with Europe
Religious movement in the 1730s that swept through the colonies, made faith important for American colonist.
First Great Awakening
Diverse group of colonies their economy had trade and some farming (wheat, rye, oats, grains, barley). The land had fertile soil and a mild climate.
Middle Colonies