Colonial Geography
This group of colonies had the coldest climate
New England
A faction of Protestant Christians who believed that the Church of England was corrupt and needed to change
Puritans
The daughter of the leader of the Powhatan people
Pocahontas
The three categories of reasons for colonization.
Gold, God, Glory
(Religious, Economic, Political)
The name historically given to the branch of the Triangle Trade that took enslaved Africans to the Americas
Middle Passage
The farm system most commonly seen in the Southern Colonies
Plantation Farming
A system by which a European could get passage to the New World in exchange for a set number of years of labor.
Indentured Servitude
Chattel slavery replaced this forced labor system inflicted by the Spanish upon Native Americans.
Encomienda System
The four European nations that had successful colonies in North America during Period 2
France, Germany, Netherlands (Dutch), Spain
The majority of enslaved people were forced to work in this group of colonies.
Southern colonies
The group of colonies known as the Bread Basket of the Colonies because they exported grain to the other groups of colonies
Middle Colonies
A religious revival that took place in North America in the 1730s
The Great Awakening
The European nation who's colonists had the most positive (and least violent) interactions with Native Americans during Period 2.
France
A corporation with a charter to create a colony in the New World
Joint Stock
The European products traded to rulers in Africa for captured Africans
A major hub for trade because of its navigable rivers and natural harbors
New England
An agreement created by a group of Puritans who landed at Plymouth Rock
Mayflower Compact
A violent conflict in 1676 between a confederacy of Native Americans and the New England colonists in response to colonization
Metacom's War (King Philip's War)
An economic system where the "Mother" country creates a colony to both extract resources and create a new market to sell completed goods to
Mercantilism
The year the first captured Africans arrived in Jamestown.
1619
The group of colonies with the most diversity in nationality and religion
Middle Colonies
A colony formed as a safe heaven for Catholics
Maryland
The indigenous peoples of the Southwest who resisted Spanish occupation
Pueblos
The three types of English colonies
Royal (Crown), Proprietary, and Joint Stock
This slave rebellion was an unsuccessful attempt for enslaved people to reach freedom in the Spanish colony of Florida.
Stono Rebellion