The 13 Colonies
Which Colonies heavily relied on cash crops to survive?
The Southern Colonies
Which group established the Massachusetts colony bay in 1630?
Puritans
Name at least 3 popular traded goods between Europe to Africa.
Firearms, Cotton, Rum, Pots/Pans.
True or False?
Slaves were packed into the bottom ships, these compartments were sometimes less then 3 feet tall.
True
If you were accused of witchcraft what would most generally happen?
True or False?
The 13 Colonies had a very strict government leaving no personal decisions that would be heard or considered.
False
Who played a significant role in the Puritans early leadership?
John Winthrop
How many 'legs' were there of the trade?
Three
Who could get a free ride to America in exchange for years of work?
Indentured Servants
___ was founded in 1607 by a joint stock company.
Jamestown
Who settled Jamestown Virginia in 1607?
English men looking for profit and wealth
What year were the Quakers founded?
1652
What 3 continets were part of triangular trade
The Americas, Europe, and Africa
What are slave codes used for and who created them?
Slave codes were ways to control and regulate enslaved people as property, they were created by and often used in the southern colonies.
What were the 3 jobs colonial women were allowed to have?
Small shop owner, Midwife, and a Nurse.
Name at least 5 different groups of people in the colonies.
Ex: Social Classes.
Women, Slaves, Indentured Servants, Wealthy White Men, Indigenous People, Puritans and Pilgrims, Quakers, and Immigrants.
What is the formal name for Quakers?
The Religious Society of Friends
What was the scariest and most dangerous part of the journey in the triangular trade unit for African Slaves as they crossed the ocean?
The Middle Passage
True or False?
Indenturd Servants and Slaves are the same thing.
False
What colony was primarily motivated by economic gain rather than religious purposes?
Jamestown
What act was passed in 1649 to protect the Catholic population and it also granted religious freedom for Christians?
The Maryland act of Toleration.
Who left Puritan Massachusetts to create a new colony that was more accepting of different beliefs?
Anne Hutchinson
What disease killed most slaves on the journey to America?
Smallpox
Between 1525 to 1866 how many African Slaves were forcibly transported?
Roughly 12.5 million
How did the Mayflower Compact influence the development of democratic government in America?
By establishing the first agreement for self-government.