Social Studies 1
What is the New World?
North, Central and South America
Southern colonies, government trade and products
Government elected officials Democratic
Trade Europe and Africa
Products, cotton, tobacco, and slaves
Triangle trade
Europe, Africa, Americas
America’s traded sugar, tobacco cotton to Europe
Europe traded manufactured goods to Africa
Africa traded slaves to the Americas
Indentured servant
Poor people from Europe
Couldn’t afford a ticket to the New World
Worked for free in the factory for the factory worker until they paid off their debt of two years
How did the French and Indian war affect England economically?
England went into depth after the war so they taxed the colonies
what is a Colony?
An area that is owned or controlled by a powerful country
Middle colonies, location, religion, and economy
Location, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Religion Catholic and Lutheran
Economy, farming, lumber ship building became a major trade hub
Middle passage
Trip from Africa to the Americas
Overcrowded underfed, no bathrooms, disease written many slaves died, and some slaves committed suicide
Lasted 7 to 11 weeks
Jamestown colony
Triangle shape fort
In a terrible environment with mosquitoes and poisonous water
Starving time only 60 out of 500 settlers survive survived
First colony/settlement in the Americas
Division between England and the colonies
The colonies were tired of taxes
They want independence from England
Wanted to form a free country
New England colonies (location, economy, and religion)
Location, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut
Economy, farming, fishing, whaling, and ship building
Religion Christian Puritan
Middle colonies, government trade and products
Government colonies held elections to select representatives, democratic
Trade England
Product grain and lumber
Mercantilism
Bullying on a global scale
Economic system where a powerful country has colonies, the colonies exist for the sole benefit of the stronger nation
Taxes and natural resources
Economic system
How a country runs in terms of money, banking stocks, crypto, and trade
All things money related
Example, mercantilism, capitalism
New England colonies location, economy, and religion
Location, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut and New Hampshire
Economy, farming, fishing, whaling, and ship building
Religion Christian Puritan
New England colonies, government trade and products
Government colonist were ruled by elected magistrates democratic
Trade England and western Indies
Products, lumber, wood, iron whale products, and ships
Plantations
Very large farm that cash crops grew on
Required slaves, and very hard to work
Capitalism
An economic system where people have the power
Political system
A structure that sets all guidelines for how a government will run
Examples, democracy, and oligarchy
Southern colonies, location, religion, and economy
Location, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia
Religion, Christian Baptist, or Presbyterian
Economy, agricultural economy, majority of people own small farms some own large farms called plantations
Southern colonies, location, religion, and economy
Location, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina in Georgia
Religion, Christian Baptist, or Presbyterian
Economy, agricultural economy, majority of people own small farms, others owned plantations
Last colony of Roanoke
John White left the colonists for the winter and came back and saw nothing
No cross meant they weren’t forced out of the colony and no cross was found
Cash crop
Crops that aren’t edible but worth a lot of money
French and Indian war causes
The French and the British wanted more land
The French were pushing for the Canadian area
The British were pushing for the western area of the Americas
It was a war overland
England, the colonies and native allies versus France and native allies
Middle colonies, location, religion, and economy
Location, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
Religion Catholic and Lutheran
Economy, farming, lumber ship building became a major trade hub