Geography
Describe the geography of the New England colonies.
Rocky soil, short growing season, close to the Atlantic Ocean, dense forests, mountains
Laws passed by colonies that governed the treatment of enslaved people; often included severe punishments for infractions
slave codes
At just 21 years old, this Virginian was sent by Governor Dinwiddie to deliver a message to the French in the Ohio River Valley, marking his first major role in the French and Indian War.
Major George Washington
This three-legged system exchanged goods, enslaved people, and raw materials between Africa, the Americas, and Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries.
Triangular Trade
Fought between 1754 and 1763, this conflict pitted Britain and its American colonies against France and its Native American allies over control of North America.
French and Indian War
Describe the geography of the Southern Colonies.
Mild climate, long growing season, fertile soil
Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, Cotton are examples of this
staple crops
This religious group sought to 'purify' the Church of England and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630 under John Winthrop.
Puritans
These 17th- and 18th-century British laws were designed to control colonial trade and ensure that raw resources, like tobacco and sugar, benefited England’s economy.
Navigation Acts
This treaty ended the French and Indian War, giving Britain control of Canada and all French lands east of the Mississippi River.
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Describe the geography of the Middle Colonies.
Diverse landscape: fertile soil, gently rolling land, moderate climate, major river system, close to Atlantic Ocean
mercantilism
In 1754, he proposed the Albany Plan of Union, the first formal suggestion to unite the colonies for defense, though it was ultimately rejected.
Ben Franklin
This system forced people of African descent into lifelong labor in the colonies, distinguishing them from indentured servants and creating a society divided by skin color.
race-based slavery
DAILY DOUBLE
This fertile region in North America was claimed by both France and Britain, and its control helped spark the French and Indian War.
Ohio River Valley
List each of the New England colonies.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut & Rhode Island
rights that belong to people simply because they are human
natural rights
his English philosopher argued that people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property, ideas that later influenced the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
Passed in 1663, this law required that all European goods bound for the American colonies first pass through England, giving English merchants control and profit.
Staples Act
Issued by the British government after the French and Indian War, this boundary banned American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation Line of 1763
List each of the Middle Colonies.
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland & Delaware
DAILY DOUBLE
Great Britain's policy in the early 1700s of not interfering in the American colonies' politics and economy as long as such neglect served British economic interests
salutary neglect
DAILY DOUBLE
Banished from Massachusetts Bay for his beliefs in religious freedom and fair dealings with Native Americans, he went on to found Rhode Island in 1636.
Roger Williams
Passed by the British in 1696, this law aimed to stop colonists from evading taxes and cheating English merchants by strictly regulating trade and customs enforcement.
Act to Prevent Fraud and Abuses
In 1763, this Native American leader led an uprising against British forts and settlements in the Great Lakes region after the French and Indian War.
Pontiac's Rebellion