Colony Types
Governments
Jamestown
Colonial Economics
Labor
800
This type of colony was under the direct control of the crown.
What is a Royal/Crown Colony?
800
Colonial governors' advisory councils mirrors this British government institution.
What is the House of Lords/Upper House?
800
Jamestown settlers were primarily men of a higher class, known by this name.
What are gentlemen?
800
This term describes the British policy of relaxing enforcement of laws in the colonies as long as they contributed economically.
What is Salutary Neglect?
800
This system allowed workers to serve for a fixed period in exchange for passed to the New World.
What is indentured servitude?
1600
Colonies granted to individuals, often close to the King, were called this.
What is a Proprietary Colony?
1600
This body controlled financial matters and represented non-noble landowners in Britain.
What is the House of Commons?
1600
This man helped save the Jamestown colony with his leadership and forcing the settlers to learn how to farm.
Who is John Smith?
1600
This Act of Parliament was one of many that prevented the colonies from manufacturing their own goods. In this case, of a specific metal.
What is the Iron Act?
1600
This form of labor became an essential part of the southern economy.
What is slavery?
2400
These colonies were granted to companies or groups and were mostly self-governing.
What are Charter Companies?
2400
Governors in Royal Colonies were appointed by this figure.
Who is the King/Monarch?
2400
During the "Starving Time," Jamestown settlers were besieged by this group.
Who are the Powhatan?
2400
These cash crops were unique to the Americas and highly valued in Europe.
What are tobacco and sugar?
2400
This state was originally founded specifically to expand slavery and plantations due to the lack of land in the West Indies.
What is South Carolina?
3200
The first British colony in North America was this type of colony.
What is a Charter Colony?
3200
The right to vote in Britain and the colonies was generally restricted to individuals who had a certain amount of this.
What is land/wealth?
3200
Both the Jamestown settlers and their Native American neighbors performed this act in order to replenish their numbers.
What is kidnapping/forced adoption?
3200
Northern merchants profited by trading these to southern plantations.
What are slaves?
3200
This is the name for the trade system that cycled from Europe for finished goods, to Africa to acquire slaves, and to the colonies for raw materials.
What is the Triangle Trade?
4000
When Charter Colonies upset the Crown, such as Virginia and Massachusetts, they could have this happen to their charters.
What is revoked?
4000
This was the main legislative assembly in the Virginia Colony.
What is the House of Burgesses?
4000
This conflict between 1622 and 1631 ended with an English victory over the Powhatan.
What is the Second Powhatan War? (Will accept Powhatan War)
4000
The Molasses Act was passed in order to plantation owners in these British owned islands.
What are the British West Indies?
4000
This area of the colonies primarily used its slaves for non-agricultural jobs.
What is the North/New England Colonies?