Key events
The first successful British colony in North America was?
what is Jamestown, VA
A complicated mix of conquest, trade, and religious missions
were Spanish, French, and English
had different founding purposes, interactions with American Indians, and economic development
what is colonies
A theory based on the value of a country’s exports is greater than the value of its imports.
what is Mercantilism
Individuals who would pledge to work for free in order to pay off debt. were typically lower class
What is Indentured Servants
Extremely diverse ethnic and religious groups
What is Mid-Atlantic Colonies
3 step voyage involving North America, Africa, and Europe.
What is Triangular Trade
where are these located?
Virginia, Carolina, Maryland, Georgia
What is Southern
Theater of the civil war
What is Political
"Discovered" the Americas when trying to reach Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean
Christopher Columbus
Puritan roots formed foundation for all aspects of society
What is New England Colonies
Created in the Mid 1600s (positive outcome – building ships, negative outcome – smuggling)
Restricted colonists to receive profits for products, hindered development of large scale manufacturing, and forces colonists to pay high prices for goods.
had 3 fundamental criteria for trans-Atlantic trade
What is Navigation Acts
Where are these located?
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
What is New England
President Lincoln believed it was impossible
What is Secession
Conquered the Inca
Francisco Pizarro
Missouri compromise of 1820
What is Second Continental Congress
Occurred in Massachusetts in 1692-1693
More than 200 people were accused of witchcraft, with 20 being executed, many were pardoned
Most people being accused were poor and uneducated
Women and men were accused of being witches by young girls with no evidence to backup their claims
What is Salem Witch Trials
where are these located?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
What is Mid-Atlantic
Wanted end to slavery
What is Abolitionists
Author of the pamphlet Common Sense
What is Thomas Paine
Speech by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a battlefield
What is Gettysburg address
Occurred between 1675-1676
Native Americans’ last effort to stop the New England colonists from settling on their lands and avoid English rule
Left 100s of colonists dead and dozens of their settlements destroyed
1000’s of Native Americans were killed, wounded, captured or sold into slavery
Ended Native American resistance in New England and allowed for the settlement of more English colonists
What is King Philip's War
Poor, thin, rocky soils with a short growing season
Economy based on fishing, lumber, and fur trade (aka merchants of the colonies)
New England Colonies
Crop that lead to financial success in Jamestown
What is Tobacco
British general who surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown
what is Lord Cornwallis
Set a boundary for slavery south of Missouri
What is Missouri compromise of 1820