Exploration
Three main motivations for European exploration
Gold,God,Glory
first representative assembly in the American colonies?
House of Burgesses
main reason for the growth of slavery in the Southern Colonies?
need for labor on plantations
main reason for the French and Indian War?
Disputes over land in the Ohio River Valley
Exchange of goods, ideas, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
The Columbian Exchange
religious revival movement in the colonies
The Great Awakening
describes the economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
Mercantilism
How did the British gain control of the Ohio River Valley and lands west of the Mississippi River?
Treaty of Paris
A colony founded by the Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
Massachusetts
colonial region known for religious tolerance and diversity?
The Middle Colonies
Nickname for the middle colonies because they grew "cereal crops" such as wheat and grain.
Bread Basket
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains because of this.
Proclamation of 1763
This town almost failed due to poor leadership and no food.
Jamestown
Why was the Mayflower Compact significant?
First Example of Self-Governance
trade system in which goods and enslaved people were exchanged between the American colonies, Africa, and Europe?
Triangle trade system/ TransAtlantic Trade
This Act made sure England controlled colonial trade and profited from it
Navigations Act
Shipbuilding and fishing
What did town meetings in New England colonies represent?
Direct democracy and local self-government
An example of how if colonists felt ignored they were willing to challanged those in power
Bacon's Rebellion
One long-term effect of the Proclamation of 1763?
Colonists began to resent Britain.