colonization
The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The main cash crop of the Chesapeake colonies in the 17th century.
What is tobacco?
Powhatan’s daughter who married John Rolfe, creating a temporary peace in Virginia.
Who is Pocahontas?
This religious group founded Pennsylvania under William Penn.
Who are the Quakers?
Economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics by Lord Baltimore.
What is Maryland?
Labor system in which poor Europeans worked for a fixed number of years in exchange for passage to the New World.
What is indentured servitude?
The 1676 rebellion in Virginia against Governor Berkeley, sparked by tensions with Native Americans and class divisions.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
This group sought out religious freedom
What is the Puritist?
The colonial legislature established in Virginia in 1619, one of the first representative assemblies in America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Founded by Roger Williams, this colony promoted religious toleration and separation of church and state.
What is Rhode Island?
The 1660s system that gave landowners additional land for every servant or slave they brought to the colony.
What is the headright system?
Native confederacy in present-day New York that developed a strong military alliance with the English.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This man is known as the founder of Massachusetts Bay.
What is John Winthrop?
British Governor who opposed a rebellion
Governor Berkely
The 1620 document that established a form of self-government for the Pilgrims.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Trade system in which the colonies provided raw materials, Britain manufactured goods, and Africa provided enslaved labor.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Name of the War that was ended with the marriage of a tribeswoman and British Colonists
Anglo-Powhattan War
This rock is also named after a well known American Colony
What is Plymouth?
Which European country had the least significant presence in the Western Hemisphere during the 15th and 16th centuries?
What is England?