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What was the name of the first colony?
Jamestown
What was the reason that the Pilgrims came to America?
Religious freedom
What is a Royal Colony?
It is under the influence of the king.
Who was Jamestown named After
King James
How many original Colonies were there?
13
What was a Cash Crop?
A crop used to make money
The Virginia Company was a Joint Stock Company what does that mean?
The Investors owned it
In Jamestown the winter of 1609-1610 was called
The starving time
What was the main Cash crop for the early colonies, especially the South
Tabaco
What was the first written document in America
Mayflower Compact
What was a Charter Colony
The people were in charge, got to vote
What governed enslaved people
Slave codes
What does diversity mean
cultural variety
What was the the most inhumane part of the triangle trade
The Middle passage
Who controlled the economic power in the Southern colonies
Planation owners
Who had the rights to vote during this time period
Land owning males
What fort did the French make on the Ohio River
Fort Duquesne
What was the French and Indian War over
Ohio River Valley
What fort did George Washington make
Fort Necessity
By the 1700's who were the major powers in North America
English, French
The Main reason of population growth in America was?
Immigration
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do
Stopped the colonist from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
The Great Awaking represented
Religious Revival
How did England want to pay for the French and Indian War
Taxes- Sugar act
What was the treaty that ended the French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris of 1763