Early Democracy
If most of a group chooses an option, that is the decision for everyone.
Majority Rules
Southern colonies required more of this since they had more farming and fields.
Labor/slavery.
This region had the most fur since wild animals were abundant (plentiful).
New England Colonies
East Coast
Columbus's name for the Natives because he thought he landed in Asia.
Indians
The name of the contract signed by pilgrims on a ship headed to Virginia.
Mayflower Compact.
A worker who is kidnapped from Africa, owned, unpaid, and beaten throughout his/her life.
A slave
This region grew the most amount of grain and was known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies
Middle Colonies
The ocean that the English crossed to settle the Americas.
The Atlantic.
Another name for people who are native to an area.
Indigenous.
Meetings in the Northeast of the colonies that allowed every member of a colony to vote on an issue.
New England Town Hall Meetings.
A worker who agrees to work for 4-7 years in exchange for free passage to the Americas. After the term of service is up, the worker is set free.
Indentured Servant.
This cash crop grown in the southern colonies is the chief ingredient in cigarettes.
The original mother country that sent settlers to the 13 colonies
England
This killed most of the Native Americans before and after Europeans arrived.
Disease.
The law-making body or group in Virginia that had elections for representatives of the entire colony.
Virginia House of Burgesses.
The main difference between slavery and indentured servitude.
Indentured servants were set free.
This region had the hottest weather which made it suitable for growing cash crops like tobacco and rice
Southern Colonies
Spain, France
The study of peoples and populations
Demographics
The philosopher who inspired early colonists to embrace democracy and natural rights.
John Locke
This replaced indentured servitude as a supply of labor because it was cheaper
Slavery
Since the New England Colonies had the most amount of forests, one of their primary sources of income was this:
Shipbuilding, logging (timber).
The name of the state that was home to the first colony of Jamestown.
Virginia.
The main religion of people who came from England to settle in the Americas.
Christianity.