British Colonies
People who received passage to the colonies in exchange for labor, usually for a set amount of years.
What were indentured servants?
This movement invoked an increase in faith and was spread by preachers like George Whitefield.
What is the Great Awakening?
The period where Britain largely left its colonies to their own devices
What was salutary neglect?
This religious group largely occupied Pennsylvania
What are Quakers?
This country focused the most on religious conversion in colonization.
What is Spain?
The Spanish system of forced Indigenous labor, theoretically in exchange for protection by settlers
What is the encomienda system?
This product was most central to the economy of the Chesapeake Bay area
What is tobacco?
This commodity that the French wanted was central to French-Native American commerce and relations.
What are furs?
One commodity that went from North America to Europe during the Columbian Exchange
What is maize, potatoes, etc.
The writer of Poor Richard's Almanac, which made Enlightenment ideology accessible to the average citizen.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What was the difference between Pilgrims and Puritans?
While Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of England, Puritans aimed to stay connected to it and reform it.
One commodity that went from Europe to North America during the Columbian Exchange
What is livestock, onions, disease, etc.
The name of the first elected legislature in British North America
What was the House of Burgesses?
This country's colonial social structure allowed for more social mobility than that of its counterparts.
What is Great Britain?
This 1730 revolt was the largest uprising of enslaved people during the colonial era.
What is the Chesapeake Rebellion?