Dates
1607
Jamestown
a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll
cotton
This document established a framework for the government of the Connecticut Colony
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What are the five ideals of America?
Liberty, equality, empathy, rights, democracy, opportunities.
Products grown to be exported for profit
Cash crops
1636
The settlement of Connecticut.
can be used to make bread
wheat
This document established self-government
Mayflower Compact
who led the settlement of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
the process of preparing land and growing crops
cultivation
1630
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Main crop in the southern colonies
Tobacco
This document was established to outline the rights and liberties of English colonies
English Bill of Rights
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was against the ___
The British
putting an end to a system or practice
abolition
1639
fundamental orders of connecticut
used to make rum
a profitable business for England
The transatlantic slave trade
When was Yale University founded?
1701
a transatlantic trade route that involved the exchange of goods and the enslaved
triangular trade
1687
charter oak incident
This document was established to make peace with the unpopular king
Magna Carta
a crop which was not a staple in Connecticut's agricultural economy
cotton
a forced journey across the Atlantic
the middle passage