New England
What occurred in Salem, MA in the 17th c.?
Salem Witch Trails
What is the nickname for the Middle Colonies?
Breadbasket
Growing crops; farming
Who colonized the East Coast and 13 original colonies/3 regions?
Great Britain
List any of the BRITISH settlements
Jamestown, Roanoke, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay
Why was literacy important in New England?
So people could read the Bible
What was the economy based upon?
Agriculture/farming, some trades/artisans/craftsmen
Primary motivation for colonization in the South
ECONOMICS
Who colonized Florida and South America?
Spain
The three Gs of exploration and colonization (OR two motivations)
God, Glory, Gold
Economic and religious reasons
This group of Separatists wanted to Purify the Church of England and settled in Pymouth
Pilgrims/Puritans
Religious Toleration, Tolerance for Native Americans, Abolitionism
Quakers
Grown/sold for a profit
Cash Crop
Which colonizing power was more tolerant of Native Americans and treated them as allies/trading partners?
French
Financed trips to North America
Joint-Stock Companies
What was the first form of self-government in the colonies?
Mayflower Compact
What is subsistence agriculture?
Growing just enough to feed one's family; economy of the Middle Colonies
What was the Southern economy based upon?
Cash crops grown by enslaved people on large plantations. Cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo
Which country colonized New Amsterdam (which becomes New York)
The Dutch (Netherlands)
Exploration and settlement, taking control over another's land from afar
Colonization
Name THREE New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Name THREE Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Name THREE Southern colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North/South Carolinas, Georgia
What is the trade of ideas, diseases, crops, etc. between Europe and North America called?
Which trade involved the trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in which enslaved ships went through the Middle Passage?
Columbian Exchange
Triangle Trade
List the European countries that colonized North America
Spain, France, Great Britain, Dutch (Netherlands)