Early Settlements & Conflicts
England's first permanent colony, though not the one founded in 1609.
Roanoke
This region of the English colonies was known as the "Breadbasket".
middle
This term describes a government of a country by its own people after having been a colony.
Self Government
This European goal involved finding a faster way to travel to Asia.
Northwest Passage
Restate?
No, America was not a land of opportunity for all people during the Colonial era.
What was the significance of the year 1619 in Jamestown?
The year that the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia.
This economic theory meant colonies sent all profits to the mother country in exchange for protection.
Mercantilism
The House of Burgesses was made up of these representatives, elected by county.
Burgess
France primarily focused on this type of trade and the Northwest Passage.
Fur
Answer?
While European colonists often found opportunities for wealth, political freedom, and religious refuge, Native Americans and enslaved Africans faced severe exploitation, conflict, and denial of fundamental human rights.
This document was drafted by the Pilgrims after their ship was blown off course to the north.
Mayflower Compact
The main specialization of the Southern Colonies.
Slavery/Cash Crops
This concept means government does what the people want or they are not a legitimate Government.
Popular Sovereignty
Aside from wealth and power, the Pilgrims came to the New World seeking this spiritual reason.
Religious Freedom
Cite?
The source mentions that "In 1619 the first slaves were brought from Europe and landed in Plymouth" and discuss major conflicts like Bacon’s Rebellion and the constant question, "Was America Really the Land of Opportunity?"
This war was one of the first major conflicts between Native Americans and colonists fought over colonial expansion.
King Phillips War/Metacom's War
The two primary specializations of the New England Colonies.
Ship Building and Whaling
The principle represented by having burgesses, or representatives, in the House of Burgesses.
Republicanism
The Three G's that motivated Spanish colonization efforts.
God, Glory, Gold
Mean?
The arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 means that a core part of the colonial economy, especially in the Southern Colonies, was built upon forced labor and the complete denial of liberty.
The Virginia uprising that involved a confrontation between colonists and the colonial government, addressed in the "Declaration of the People".
Bacon's Rebellion
This term is defined as an economy where different colonial regions focused on producing specific goods.
Specialization
What type of Government was England?
Absolute Monarchy
Spain sought the "Three G's," while England looked for this, in addition to economic opportunity.
Route to Asia, Religion, Money
Matter?
This fact matters because it proves that the prosperity and self-government (like the House of Burgesses) enjoyed by the colonists was directly dependent on the disenfranchisement and suffering of an entire population. Therefore, the "opportunity" was highly selective and came at the cost of freedom for many others.