Vocabulary
Define Import
Goods brought into a country for sale
Name 1 effect of European colonization
Europeans and Native Americans clash
Enslavement of Africans
Spread of disease
Exchange of food and animals
Cultural diffusion
Name the 3 colonial regions
What is the Middle Passage?
Part of the Triangular Trade that brought enslaved Africans to South America, Caribbean, and North America.
Define Colonization
the act of setting up a colony away from one’s place of origin
Name 2 countries that colonized places in North or South America
English (British)
Spanish
French
Dutch
How many colonies are there?
13
What colonial region had the most enslaved?
Southern colonies
Define indentured servant
A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country
Name 1 cause of European colonization.
Population increase in Europe
Desire to find new trade route to Asia
Wealthy Europeans want luxury goods
Desire to spread Christianity
European competition for trade
Which colonial region was settled by the pilgrims and puritans?
New England
Length of servitude
Choice
Population
Payment
Define House of Burgessess
House of Burgesses - elected assembly that made laws. Run by wealthy planters.
Which European country settled on the Atlantic coast of present day USA?
English (British)
Which colonial region had the most religious tolerance?
Middle
What is a cause of African slavery in the British colonies?
Increased need for agricultural goods
OR
Decrease reliance on indentured servants
Define Encomienda System
A labor system which enslaved Native Americas to do labor for rich landowners
Which colonizing country had the encomienda system?
Spanish
Which colonial region had the most exportation of cash crops?
Cash Crops
What was an effect of Bacon's Rebellion?
American Colonies stopped relying on indentured servitude (expensive and resentful) ad began the mass importation of African slave labor (cheap and controllable)