Colonial Regions
Growth of Government
Reasons for Exploration/Settlement
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RANDOM HISTORY
100
This colonial region had a WARM Climate, and FERTILE soil...
SOUTHERN COLONIES
100
This document made EVIL King John FOLLOW THE LAW for the first time, and influenced how the colonies created their government...
MAGNA CARTA
100
The main ECONOMIC reason European nations explored the new world...
GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES
100
The term that means GOVERNMENT, LAWS
POLITICAL
100
He was the first president of the United States...
George Washington
200
This colonial region was called the "Bread Basket" colonies...
MIDDLE or MID-ATLANTIC COLONIES
200
This man influenced the colonies by his idea that everyone has UNALIENABLE RIGHTS...
JOHN LOCKE
200
This country wanted to Spread CATHOLICISM to the natives...
SPAIN
200
The term that means PEOPLE, RELIGION
SOCIAL
200
He was the third president of the United States...
Thomas Jefferson
300
This colonial region relied on SHIPPING, WHALING, LOGGING for their economy...
NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
300
This document was signed in 1620 and was like a social contract...
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
300
This country wanted to set up trading posts for FUR TRADING...
FRANCE
300
When England doesn't enforce their laws on the colonies, effectively ignoring them.
SALUTARY NEGLECT
300
This is the biggest state in the United States...
ALASKA
400
These were often referred to as CASH CROPS, because they could be sold for money...
TOBACCO, RICE, INDIGO, COTTON
400
The period of time where people began to question the rule of kings, and whether they should be rulers. This period heavily influenced the colonies...
HINT: LIGHTBULB MOMENT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT
400
This group of people escaped religious persecution and primarily settled in the New England colonies. They were VERY strict and not welcoming to people with different beliefs...
PURITANS
400
An ECONOMIC policy where the mother country takes resources from their colonies. This policy is meant to CONTROL the colonies and make money off of them...
MERCANTILISM
400
She was the leader of the Underground Railroad, and the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Military...
HARRIET TUBMAN
500
Plantations used this type of labor to farm cash crops...
SLAVE LABOR
500
A british policy where England leaves the colonies alone, and doesn't enforce their laws. This leads to the colonies having to create their own laws...
SALUTARY NEGLECT
500
This country wanted to find Gold and natural resources, stop SPAIN from claiming akl the land, and also wanted religious freedom ...
ENGLAND
500
This was the first representative assembly in the colonies, and it was located in JAMESTOWN. It was how they made laws. HINT: Rimes with BURGERS
VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESES
500
This president signed the Emancipation proclamation, effectively outlawing Slavery. He was assassinated in 1865...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN