Colonies
What colonies had thin and rocky soil?
New England colonies
What did the colonists do in Town Meetings?
pass local laws
The competition between these two countries led to the French and Indian War?
France and Britain
land grant of 50 acres if settlers paid their way to the colony
headright
What were the Puritans and Pilgrims seeking in North America?
Religious freedom
What colonies were the most diverse?
Middle Colonies
This document, signed in 1215, greatly reduced the power of the king
Magna Carta
Explain the relationship between the French and Native Americans (three parts)
1. trading partners
2. common enemy - British
3. Allies
A set of rules for self-governance was established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower
The Mayflower Compact
How did the Puritans live their life?
By the Bible
What colony region was New York a part of?
Middle Colonies
What are three ways that the colonists used ideas from England to create their government?
Goodbye to the King, more democratic practices, and more freedoms
What did the Treaty of Paris of 1763 end?
French/Indian War and the Seven Years War
landowner in the Middle Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land
patroon
What town did the 'witchcraft' hysteria start in?
Salem
What region was mostly populated with wealthy land-owning men?
Southern colonies
The House of Burgesses created the first what?
Legislative assembly in the American colonies
Proclamation of 1763
The ill-treatment of a group of people based on race, political views, or religious beliefs
persecuted
Based on our Map of 1763, who now took over the land that was once French territory?
The Spanish
What was the first colony to form in America?
Roanoke Colony
What concept did the Mayflower Compact create?
social contract
This gathering of 7 of the 13 colonies would influence future cooperation among the colonists
Albany Congress
trading across the globe brought wealth and power to all of Europe
mercantilism
What was the long winter in Jamestown called? (Think about how they didn't have resources to survive)
The Starving Times