Colonies
This cash crop became extremely profitable in Europe and helped Virginia survive economically.
What is tobacco?
A legal document issued by a government that gave individuals or companies permission to establish a colony.
What is a Charter?
This colony's plantation economy, particularly its production of rice and indigo, contributed to its heavy reliance on enslaved labor.
What is South Carolina?
The thirteen colonies are generally divided into these three major geographic regions.
What are New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
Under this first national government, each state received one vote in a single-house Congress.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Puritan leaders established this colony in 1630 to create a religious community based on their beliefs.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
This labor system allowed people to work for a set number of years in exchange for transportation to the colonies.
What is Indentured Servitude?
As indentured servitude declined, this labor system increasingly expanded in the colonies.
What is racial slavery?
Rocky soil, colder weather, forests, and access to the Atlantic encouraged fishing, shipbuilding, and trade in this colonial region.
What is New England?
Delegates met in Philadelphia in 1787 at this gathering to address problems facing the United States under the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Unlike Massachusetts, this colony founded by Roger Williams became known for greater religious freedom and separation of church and government.
What is Rhode Island?
This economic system encouraged colonies to provide raw materials and wealth for their mother country.
What is Mercantilism?
This economic system connected Europe, Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies through the movement of goods, labor, and people.
What is the Atlantic economy?
Fertile farmland and navigable rivers helped make this region a major producer of wheat and other grains.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This proposal favored a stronger national government and representation based on population or contribution.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The 1649 Toleration Act in this colony granted religious protection to Christians who believed in the Trinity.
What is Maryland?
This system divides governmental authority between the national government and state governments.
What is Federalism?
This Constitutional Convention agreement counted three-fifths of the enslaved population when determining representation and direct taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
A long growing season and fertile land encouraged plantation agriculture and cash crops in this region.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This proposal protected smaller states by maintaining equal state representation in Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
William Penn founded this colony as his "Holy Experiment," emphasizing Quaker principles and religious tolerance.
What is Pennsylvania?
This process means formally approving a constitution, amendment, or other political agreement.
What is Ratification?
This constitutional provision required people held to service who escaped into another state to be returned.
What is the Fugitive Labor Clause?
Unlike North Carolina, which developed more small farms and had fewer major ports, this neighboring colony developed a wealthier plantation economy centered on rice and indigo.
What is South Carolina?
This agreement created a two-house Congress, combining population-based and equal state representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
Britain established this colony partly to create a defensive buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia?
This term describes the process of determining how representation is distributed according to population.
What is Apportionment?
The Constitution prevented Congress from banning specified importation of enslaved people before this year.
What is 1808?
Plymouth Rock, traditionally associated with the arrival of the Pilgrims in 1620, is located in this present-day state.
What is Massachusetts?
Under the Great Compromise, representation is based on population in this chamber, while every state receives two members in this other chamber.
What are the House of Representatives and Senate?