_________________ is credited for discovering the American continents in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Where exactly did the pilgrims land?
Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts
What was the very first colonial region to form in the Americas?
New England Colonies
What is a nomadic tribe?
A tribe that travels from place to place.
A ___________ is a large farm that grew crops to sell, usually worked by enslaved people.
plantation
What is this picture of and where is it located?
Plymouth Rock, MA
What ship did the pilgrims flee on?
The Mayflower
Why did the pilgrims flee England?
To escape religious persecution and form a colony.
Which colonial region relied on trade, fishing, and shipbuilding?
New England Colonies
What are sedentary tribes?
Tribes that live in one location permanently.
Who were the pilgrims?
A group of Christians from England, who fled in 1620.
What is this a picture of?
A plantation
What Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims survive?
What was celebrated during the first Thanksgiving day in history in 1621?
It celebrated the Pilgrims’ first successful harvest and the friendship between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
Which region was known as the Bread Basket for itś mass production of wheat and grains?
Middle Colonies
Define the term assimilate.
To give up your cultural identity and adopt the culture of another group.
Why were Africans considered a permanent source of labor?
Their children would also be born into slavery, and the cycle of slavery would continue.
What colonial region is pictured here? Explain 3 ways you identified the region.
Southern colonies - Tobacco leaves, rice, enslaved people, plantation.
What happened to the Native tribe that helped the pilgrims survive? Explain why.
They were forced to surrender their culture and convert to Christianity and speak English, many were killed. English settlers viewed them as "wild, savage, less human."
Assimilate
Define "cash crops." Which colonial region was centered on cash crops?
Crops grown to sell for money, not to eat. Southern colonies.
Define the term persecution.
To be killed or punished for your beliefs, religion, race, or identity.
List two conditions the enslaved Africans faced on the slave ships.
Overcrowding, death, chained together, lack of sanitation, no toilets.
Name all three regions in the picture.
Red = New England
Orange = Middle Colonies
Blue = Southern Colonies
List three challenges faced by the pilgrims upon arrival.
Harsh winter, poor clothing, limited food, limited supplies, illness, death
List three ways the native tribe helped the pilgrims survive.
Taught them how to grow crops, how to fish, how to hunt, provided clothing, helped build shelter.
List two characteristics for each colonial region.
New England - Cold, fish, shipbuilding, churches, trade.
Middle - farming, wheat, grains, fertile land, corn
Southern - tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, plantations, slaves
Explain the Bering Strait Theory?
The theory that humans traveled from Asia to Alaska thru the Bering Strait Bridge, then traveled down South America.
List three reasons Africans were chosen to be slaves.
Immune to disease.
experienced farmers
no family or allies in Americas
Did not know the land enough to escape
What is this a picture of?
The Transatlantic Slave Trade