Indigenous America
True or False:
Native Americans had different languages, religions, and ways of life across many different tribes.
True
Name one reason the English settlers came to North America
Money
Religious Freedom
Land
Most diverse of the colonial regions
Tolerated many religions
Large middle class of merchants and artisans
Middle Colonies
Why was there such a high need for slavery in the southern colonies
They needed the labor for their plantations
True or False:
There were an equal number of male and female colonists at the beginning of Jamestown
False there were way more men than women.
Name one shared trait across Native American Tribes.
Used the land and animals around them in sustainable ways
Matrilineal system
Did not believe in owning land
Resisted the Europeans
The Virginia Company of London founded Jamestown with the primary goal of:
Making Money
Settled by Puritans for their own religious freedom
Hard to farm, economy based on shipbuilding and fishing
Assemblies and town hall meetings let men participate in government
New England Colonies
What is one difference between indentured servants and enslaved people in the English colonies?
Indentured servants volunteered and when they finished their contract were granted freedom and allowed to work their own land. Slaves were forced to work and never granted freedom.
This group of people remained loyal to the king during the English Civil War and were rewarded with land grants in the Virginia colony.
Cavaliers
Name one thing that happened to the native Americans when the Europeans came over
Disease
Taken over
Loss of culture
Enslaved
Which European country was known to have more of a peaceful coexistence with native american tribes and preferred trading with them rather than taking them over and enslaving them?
France
Tobacco, indigo, and cotton being grown on large plantations for major profit are all examples of:
Cash Crops grown in the southern colonies
Name one cause of Bacon's Rebellion
Bad economy in the Virginia colony.
Why didn’t plantations develop in the northern colonies?
Colder climate, shorter growing seasons
Rocky soil
Less total land to farm
True or False:
All indigenous tribes were nomadic and lived in Tepees
False
The pilgrims of the Plymouth Colony created the Mayflower Compact, which was:
A form of self government
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
A series of witch accusations in Salem Massachusetts where people were imprisoned or executed with little to no evidence.
The Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 legally established enslaved people as
Property
True or False:
The journey that slaves made aboard ships from Africa to North America were long, crowded, and unsanitary with little room to move.
True
How did geography affect Native American tribes?
It made it so tribes had different ways of making food, houses, their traditions, and culture
What was the name of the first law making body in the colonies which was established in Virginia and contained a group of elected representatives?
House of Burgesses
William Penn wanted Pennsylvania to be a safe haven for people of many religions. He was influenced by his own religious beliefs of pacifism and simplicity. What religion was Penn a member of?
Quaker
What was the journey that enslaved Africans were forced to endure from Africa to the Americas called?
The Middle Passage
What did Bacon's Rebellion lead to?
New laws on slavery which made it based on race