Colonial Regions
This colony wanted to be a “City on a Hill.”
(Massachusetts Bay)
Define indentured servitude.
a form of labor in which an individual is under contract to work without a salary to repay a loan.
a chance for upward mobility, land ownership, and profits from trade and farming
(Parliament taxing colonies without consent)
Whose idea of natural rights influenced Jefferson?
John Locke
Year of the Mayflower Compact.
1620
Which colonies grew cash crops like tobacco and rice?
(Southern Colonies)
Name one push factor for migration to the colonies.
What was the purpose of the Albany Plan of Union?
colonial unity/defense
Who promoted separation of powers?
(Montesquieu)
What was the Articles of Confederation?
First written constitution
What was the first representative government in the colonies?
(House of Burgesses)
Name one pull factor for migration to the colonies.
resources.... freedom
What act placed a tax on printed materials?
Stamp Act
Who wrote Wealth of Nations and influenced capitalism?
Adam Smith
Which colonial government set a precedent for democracy in Virginia
House of Burgess
What religious group founded Pennsylvania?
(Quakers)
What group was brought to the colonies through involuntary migration?
(Enslaved Africans)
What act placed a tax on printed materials?
(Common Sense by Thomas Paine)
How did the Great Awakening help lay the foundation for republicanism?
The Great Awakening helped lay the foundation for republicanism because it encouraged colonists to question traditional authority and think for themselves.
Which colonial government set a precedent for democracy in Virginia
Stamp Act Congress
Name one way geography shaped the economy of the Northern colonies.
(Rocky soil → trade, shipbuilding, etc.)
Explain how economic opportunity encouraged settlement.
a chance for upward mobility, land ownership, and profits from trade and farming
What event directly led Britain to tax the colonies heavily?
(French and Indian War)
The First Great Awakening encouraged colonists to question what?
(Traditional religious/political authority)
Which 1776 document formally declared independence
Declaration of Independence