The Colonies
People
Economics
Road to Revolution
Miscellaneous
100
The first permanent settlement in the Americas
What is Jamestown
100
The princess of the Powhatan who married John Rolfe and later died at age 21
Who is Motoaka (Pocahontas)
100
The thing most colonies wanted to find when they came to America
What is gold
100
The policy created by the British to restrict colonial trade.
What are The Navigation Acts
100
A period of time when people were being accused of practicing witchcraft
What are the Salem Witch Trials
200
Can be described as rural, agricultural, and having a high number of slaves
What are the Southern Colonies
200
Leader of the Jamestown settlement saved it from being wiped out.
Who is John Smith
200
The crop with which Jamestown flourished
What is tobacco (brown gold)
200

a religious movement that taught democracy and brought the colonies together.

What is the First Great Awakening

200
wanted to create an equalitarian society in the new world.  The land was given to him as repayment for a debt owed to his father

William Penn

300
Can be described as diverse, urban, and having an economy based on commerce and trade
What are the Northern Colonies (Middle and New England)
300
The indentured servant who raised an illegal army to fight Native Americans and set fire to Jamestown
Who is Nathaniel Bacon
300
Farming goods produced for their commercial value rather than for personal use
What is a cash crop
300
The religious revival that brought Native Americans and Africans to church
What is The Great Awakening
300

This European power settled southwest part of North America and tried to spread the Catholic religion throughout their empire.

Who are the Spanish

400
The geographical Western boundary of the colonies
What are the The Appalachian Mountains
400
These people agreed to a limited term of service in exchange for passage to North America as well as food and shelter
What is an Indentured Servant
400
A system in which a group of investors pool their money together to fund a British colony, hoping for a profit
What is a joint-stock company
400
A policy of the British government NOT strictly enforcing their laws
What is Salutary Neglect
400

The first written constitution in the colonies.  It removed church attendance as a require to vote in elections.

What is the Fundamental Orders of Connnecticut

500
The goal of the colonists who settled Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth
What is Practice Religion Freely
500

this individual wanted to remove the worthy poor from the prisons in England and provide them a way out of debt in the colonies.

Who is James Oglethorpe

500
An system to increase Britain’s wealth by forcing colonies to provide raw materials, a market for goods, and economic loyalty
What is Mercantilism
500

First settled by the Dutch, it became an English colony after the colonists refused to fight.

What is New Amsterdam (New York)

500
The part of the Triangular Trade in which slaves were sent from Africa to the Americas
What is the Middle Passage
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