Vocabulary
A person who owes money
debtor
How did Southern colonies acquire wealth?
Labor-intensive cash crops
How did the Middle Colonies acquire their wealth?
Describe John Smith's effect in Jamestown.
Made peace with the Powhatans and required colonists to work
When were Africans first brought to the English North American colonies?
1619
a crop that is grown to be sold
cash crop
a neutral area that separates rival nations or factions
buffer zone = Georgia
What was Penn's plan for Pennsylvania?
for it to be a religious haven (anyone of any religion could be there with religious tolerance)
What was the first proprietary colony?
Maryland
Vocab - bring under domination or control, especially by conquest
subjugate
areas around the equator that remain warm all year
tropical latitudes
Name all the states in the Southern Colonies...
Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Name all the states in the Middle Colonies...
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
Name all the states in the New England Colonies...
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Why did plantation owners use enslaved Africans instead of local people to do the work?
Local people were too expensive.
a social group made up of low-level noblemen who own land and do not need to work for a living
gentlemen class
Why did slavery become so popular in the Southern colonies?
-the opening of a market for growing and selling crash crops to Europe.
-forced to do hard labor and didn't have to pay them
Why did the English want to acquire the Middle Colonies?
To have a connected set of colonies
What were the two areas in which the New England colonies progressed the most?
Religion & Education
What were conditions like in the Middle Passage?
Inhumane, tightly packed in hot, humid temperatures for a long trip.
a system in which a worker agrees to work for an employer for a certain amount of time in exchange for training or payment in land or goods at the end.
indentured servant
Describe the difference between goods from the Southern and New England Colonies
The southern colonies are cash crops - labor intensive
The New England Colonies are furs, fish and timber
What was the name of the river Europeans suspected existed, which would have allowed them to sail through the American continent to Asia?
The Northwest Passage
What was the name of the first English Colony in the Americas whose settlers all mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke
Describe slavery in Colonial America
-No rights
-Harsh treatment
-Rights against them learning to read and write