Eastern Woodland Indians
Natural resources used by Native Americans
Rocks, wood, and animal pelts
What was the first permanent English settlement?
Jamestown
Which group of people wanted to "take law into their own hands"?
Regulators
What was the route from Africa to America called?
The Middle Passage
What did colonists offer Great Britain during the colonial period?
Raw materials and they were a market for British goods
What were the Three Sisters?
Corn, pole beans, and squash
Which colonies had the greatest diversity of people and religions?
Middle Colonies
What were created in response to the Regulator Movement?
Circuit courthouses
Africans came to America with knowledge of _______ and _________.
Cattle herding and rice
What was the goal of the Navigation Acts of 1660?
British colonies could only trade with England
Match these tribes to where they lived.
Cherokee, Catawba, Yemassee
Piedmont, coastal zone, Blue Ridge mountains
Cherokee - Blue Ridge mountains
Catawba - Piedmont
Yemassee - Coastal zone
What were features of the southern colonies?
Large plantations growing cash crops
Who had the most representation in SC's government?
The elite
What laws were passed after the Stono Rebellion?
Slave Codes
Define mercantilism.
A mother country (England) has full control and aims to export more than import
Europeans stole native land, enslaved natives, and cheated them in ____________.
Trade deals
What did the headright method provide and what did colonists have to have to get it?
land and pay for people's passage to Carolina
Why did SC become a royal colony?
Settlers were unhappy with the Lords Proprietors (no protection)
Where did the system of plantocracy originate?
Barbados
What freedom to trade did the colonies have under mercantilism?
Colonies were severely limited in their economic freedoms.
Name two reasons why natives were not easily enslaved.
No immunity to disease; could escape easily into familiar territory
How did the headright method lead to the plantation system?
Settlers received large tracts of land that they needed a lot of labor to work
The House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina were all examples of ____-__________?
Self-government
Explain the connection between the Stono Rebellion and the Slave Codes
Plantation owners created them out of fear of slave uprisings as the population continued to be imbalanced
What were small farmers that did not grow cash crops called?
Subsistence farmers