Unit 1 Colonization Review Part 2

Colonial People

100

Someone who was FORCED to migrate across the ocean to provide forced labor on colonial plantations

Slave

200

Typically a European who CHOSE to migrate to the colonies.  Their passage was paid for by a master for whom they worked for seven years.

Indentured Servant

300

Quaker who established Pennsylvania

William Penn

400

Helped Jamestown survive the "Starving Time"

John Smith

500

Led a revolt against the Virginia House of Burgesses.  His "rebellion" led to reduction of indentured servitude and in increase in slavery as a source of labor in the colonies

Bacon (Nathaniel)

Colonial Economy

100

Crop that saved Jamestown

Tobacco

200

As demand for cash crops grown on plantations increased, a demand for these laborers also increased

Slaves

300

What were the primary economic activities in New England?

1. Shipbuilding

2. Timber/logging

3. Fishing

400

This region exported grain to the other regions

Middle Colonies

500

Define Mercantilism

Economic system in which colonies provide raw materials for the Mother Country.  Gold determines power.

Religion in the Colonies

100

Location of mass "witch" hysteria and executions.

Salem, MA

200

Catholic Colony

Maryland

300

True or False: Strict religion was a priority in the Southern Colonies

False

400

Group that sought religious freedom in the colonies.  However, their religion was strict and they often did not extend religious tolerance to other people.

Puritans

500

Idea that all religions can live peacefully amongst one another.  This was a major belief in the Middle Colonies and impacted the US Constitution

Religious tolerance/freedom

Colonial Government

100

Document signed by the Pilgrims

Mayflower Compact

200

Assembly of elected landholders who made laws in Virginia

House of Burgesses

300

True or False:  The colonists were used to more freedoms and self-government than people in England

True

400

The Mayflower Compact established ______-________

Self-government

500

People rule themselves

Self-government

Misc.

100

90% of colonists lived and work on a _______.

Farm

200

System in which 50 acres was granted to every person who came to the colonies.  Masters typically claimed this land for sponsoring an indentured servant.

Headright system

300

Explain one similarity between a slave and indentured servant

1. Both went through a seasoning period of sickness upon arrival

2. No freedom or land

400

Uprising of angry indentured servants and other colonists against the Virginia House of Burgesses.  They were angry that they did not have land and the government would not protect them from Native American attacks.

Bacon's Rebellion

500

John Winthrop established a "City on a ______" - a Puritan utopia in Massachusetts

Hill