Government
Who granted charters for the colonies?
Kings or Queens
The first permanent settlement in the U.S. was
Jamestown
Why did England establish colonies?
To obtain natural resources not found in England.
A document that allows someone to start a colony.
charter
Why did people move to the Americas. (main reason)
Land ownership
These colonies started out as this type of government.
proprietary colony
The colony started for farming
Carolina
Who took control of Jamestown?
John Smith
A law guaranteeing religious freedom.
Toleration Acts of 1649
Why did Jamestown survive.
Tobacco
The king took over governing the colonies and it became what?
royal colony
Who asked for a charter for a colony of debtors?
George Oglethorpe
What helped Jamestown survive?
Tobacco
Colonists who brought additional people to the colonies would receive additional land.
headright system
Why did John Smith make up the rule "Thou that does not work, shall not eat"?
Motivation
Where was the birthplace of representative government?
Virginia
The colony started for religious freedom.
Maryland
List 3 reasons Jamestown was located where it was.
On a peninsula for protection.
On waterways for food and trade routes.
Resources for starting a colony - lumber.
a person who signs a contract to work for another for 4-7 years in exchange for passage to the new world.
indentured servant
Why did slavery expand in the colonies?
the demand for workers was soon greater than the supply of people willing to work as indentured servants
What was the name of the government in Jamestown?
The House of Burgesses
The colony started for debtors
Georgia
Three reasons Jamestown struggled.
Disease
Native Americans
Unprepared
A system where the colonies would send raw materials to England and then England would sell manufactured goods made by these raw materials back to the colonies
Mercantilism
Why were indentured servants used in the colonies?
A labor force was needed in Virginia as the death rate was high among the colonists