Jamestown
What is better than gold?
Tobacco
Middle
Explain the main ideas of the Enlightenment thinker Locke.
Life, liberty and property and people have rights that can't be taken away
Another name for the French and Indian War is
The Seven Years' War
Define Taxes
money collected by the government to pay for services
What colony was Jamestown apart of?
Virginia
What was the economy for the south?
Cash Crops- Tobacco, cotton, sugar, indigo, etc.
Explain the main ideas of the Enlightenment thinker Wollstonecraft.
Equality of women rights and education
Who fought on each side?
1- Britain. colonists, natives
2-France & natives
Define Boycott
List one reason why someone came to America
Economics (gold, materials)
Free Land
Religious Freedom
Which region had only white, English, Puritans living there?
New England
Explain the main ideas of the Enlightenment thinker Montesquieu.
Separation of Powers
Two of the three main reasons why the French and Indian War started
Britain and France were already at war in Europe
Britain wanted to take over the Fur Trade in the Ohio river valley
Colonists wanted to move west out of 13 colonies
A product that leaves a country
Name one problem the people of Jamestown faced and one that the Pilgrims faced
Jamestown- Gentlemen refused to work, swamp, native attacks, long winters, starvation, disease
Pilgrims-lack of food, no contact with other settlements so they had to rely on the natives for food (Thanksgiving)
What is the nickname for the middle colonies?
The "Bread Basket" because they provided all the food for all the regions
Explain the main ideas of the Enlightenment thinker Beccaria.
Punishment should fit the seriousness of the crime
The significance that came out of the French and Indian War was
Britain got most of the land in North America
Britain got in a lot of debt and made the colonist pay taxes
led to the American revolution
the act of speaking or acting for someone
Why is Bacon's Rebellion so significant?
This was the first colonial rebellion against Britain
White farmers got more rights
Laws were passed making slaves hereditary
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as
an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies.
The Enlightenment was important for the American Revolution because
it inspired ideas about liberty and government that influenced the revolutionaries.
Which famous person started the war?
George Washington
Define Repeal
to cancel