Mercantilism
The purpose of _____ was to supply the mother country with raw materials to be manufactured and sold for profit.
mercantilism
The primary motive of Virginia and other southern colonies was to...
create economic wealth
William Penn, a quaker founded this colony for religious freedom...
Pennsylvania
This was the first permanent settlement in the American colonies, in which 20-30 enslaved people were brought from Africa.
Jamestown
The Puritans who settled in Massachusetts wanted their settlement to be primarily for...
Escaping religious persecution in England
Regarding Colonial America (U.S.), which country was known as the 'mother country'?
Great Britain
Virginia’s first colonial government body was called the...
House of Burgesses
This religious group created the colony of Pennsylvania based on equity, tolerance, and "fair relationships" with Natives.
Quakers
This refers to the "trip" made across the Atlantic where a total of 12 million Africans were cramped on boats in inhumane conditions.
Middle Passage
The Puritans rejected other ideas, cultures, and religious beliefs...
True
In the triangular trade system, ________ was shipped from Great Britain to Africa and the Americas...
manufactured goods
Virginia's first and most profitable cash crop was...
Which colonial region was known for having diverse religious and ethnic groups?
Mid-Atlantic Colonies
How was indentured servitude different from slavery?
indentured servants were freed after a number of years, slaves were not.
This proved that people could be punished for unusual ideas and behavior that went against Puritan religious beliefs.
Salem Witch Trials
List 3 raw materials that were often sent to Great Britain for manufacturing
Tobacco, Rice, Cotton, Indigo, Sugar
Who organized indentured servants and enslaved people to fight against the wealthy House of Burgesses for the lack of control over Native American attacks over land?
Nathaniel Bacon
Which of the following was NOT a Mid-Atlantic Colony?
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey
Maryland
The most common style of slavery in the southern colonies was known as the _______ system, which included large plots of land that grew plants.
Plantation
The Mayflower Compact was an agreement by Puritan people to...
self-govern
Salutary Neglect mean that Great Britain eventually...
relaxed its control over the North American colonies when it came to imports/exports.
The House of Burgesses used Bacon's rebellion to divide people by ______ rather than socioeconomic status.
race
Name one job that people had working in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.
farmer, fisherman, cattle driver, flour mill worker
If 12 million slaves were taken from Africa, and 10 million slaves made it to the 'New World', what percentage of the 10 million slaves actually made it to the American colonies?
approximately 6% or roughly 600,000
Which group established the Plymouth colony (Massachusetts)?
Puritans