The first permanent English settlement in Ameria
Jamestown
Person who took control of the colony and built a fort in 1608
John Smith
1620
Who brought the first Africans to Virginia in 1619?
The Dutch
The colonies had only small farms.
True or False
False: The colonies had many small farms and some large plantations.
Person who took control of the colony and built a fort in 1608
John Smith
Daughter of Powhatan leader in 1614 who helped unite the Powhatan and the colonist
Pocahontas
Year England goes to war with Spain
1701
The bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians
Toleration Act of 1649
laws to control slaves
Slave Codes
Servants who signed a contract to work for 4-7 years for those who paid for their journey to America
Indentured Servants
An enslaved man who wrote that slaves were often tourted, murdered, and treated with great cruelty
Olaudah Equiano
1681
The Toleration Act of 1649 stopped all religious conflict.
True or False
False
The economies of the southern colonies depended on textiles.
False: The economies of the southern colonies depended on agriculture
Authority
Husband to Pocahontas
Year the French and Indian war begins
1754
When was Charles Town founded?
1670
What did the forest provide for the colonist?
Wood for building and burning for fuel
Causes
Factors
Nathaniel Bacon
Year Peter the Great becomes czar of Russia
1682
Who tried to prevent slavery in Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What the did the water provide?
Fish for food