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This was the area where a land bridge connected Russia and North America 10,000 years ago
What is Bering Strait
100
This town was founded in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony
What is Jamestown
100

The system that promised 50 acres of land for people who can afford to pay for their own passage to the colonies. 

What is the Headright system

100
This complex economic system dictated that a country should export more than it imports and build up its gold/silver reserves
What is Mercantilism
100
This crop was most likely to be grown in the West Indies
What is sugar
200
This country's goal was not to colonize North America but rather to establish outposts in order to trade fur and convert the Native Americans to Catholicism
What is France
200
This rebellion of indentured servants led to the transformation of Virginia's labor system
What is Bacon's Rebellion
200
The name given to the interaction between North, Central, South America and the West Indies, Africa and Europe
What is Columbian Exchange
200
This group settled Plymouth colony, hoping for religious freedom
Who are the Pilgrims or Seperatists
200
This was the name of the labor system the Spanish used to subjugate Native Americans
What is Encomienda
300
This country settled primarily in modern day Brazil and many other parts of South America, establishing one of the greatest slave societies in the world
What is Portugal
300
English law passed in the 1650's that required certain English colonial goods be shipped through English ports on English ships manned primarily by English sailors
What are the Navigation Acts
300

This is a term given to family owned farms and growing only enough to sustain the family 

What is subsistent Farming 

300
This group settled Massachusetts Bay Colony and placed it under harsh religious rule until the end of the 17th century
Who are the Puritans
300
This Native American fought against settlers in New England in the 1670's after most Native Americans had either been killed off by disease or displaced
Who is King Philip or Metacom
400

The Protestant Christian belief that belief in god should come within and is unique to each person. 

What is Antinomianism 

400

This group people established the first self government for this colony. 

What is Plymouth 

400

These colonies' charter were revoked and were grouped together under one big colony in response to rebellion against the Monarchy. This group of colonies were known as what?

What was the Dominion of New England 

400

People who couldn't afford passage to the Colonies, could become this and pay off their debt, and eventually get their own acres of land. 

What is indentured servitude. 

400
This group of people, also known as the Society of Friends, believed God spoke directly to each individual through an "inner light" and that all people (Native Americans, Africans etc.) were holy
Who are the Quakers
500
This labor intensive, yet profitable crop was grown in South Carolina and other areas of the south in the early and mid-18th century - leading to an explosion in the slave population of the colonies
What is rice
500
A colony chartered by the crown and governed by officials appointed to serve the monarchy and represent its interests
What is royal colony
500

Who were the two most influential Enlightenment thinkers that made a huge impact on how our American government is built. 

Who is John Lock and Baron de Montesquieu. 

500

Period of time that Britain ignored the colonies and let them independently grow. 

What is Salutary Neglect 

500
What were the colonies that were created during the period King Charles lost his Kingdom. 

What are North and South Carolina Colonies.