Virginia and Maryland
This cash crop was widely grown in the Chesapeake region after its introduction by John Rolfe
What is tobacco?
The Pilgrims on their journey to America created this document before arriving at Plymouth, the first written frame of government in modern-day United States
What is the Mayflower Compact?
William Penn was one of these people, who belong to the Society of Friends, who believe in religious toleration, pacifism, and abolition
Who were the Quakers?
This staple crop of the Carolinas benefited being produced on the large plantations on those colonies
What is rice?
This was considered the "basis of liberty" to the English, the primary reason for emigration to America
What is land?
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
This chaotic time period in Massachusetts Bay colony involved the baseless accusations of middle-aged women, undermining the authority of the colony's court system
What were the Salem witch trials?
The trial of this printer of the Weekly Journal, criticizing the New York government, helped to establish the freedom of the press in colonial America
Who was John Peter Zenger?
This colony, founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe, initially provided for the abolition of slavery despite its Southern location, serving as a haven for debtors to work for their freedom
What is Georgia?
These people migrated to America by paying for their voyage through labor contracts
Who were indentured servants?
This legislative body of Virginia, the first in modern-day United States, served as an inspiration for the American Congress
What was the House of Burgesses?
This governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony insisted upon subjection to religious authority, condemning dissenters
Who was John Winthrop?
Who was James II?
This brutal journey from Africa to the Americas killed around 15% of slaves transported, forming the deadliest part of the Atlantic slave trade
What was the Middle Passage?
This policy was enacted by William of Orange and Mary following their ascension to the throne of England during the Glorious Revolution
What is salutary neglect?
This Catholic man established Maryland as a refugee for Catholics persecuted in England
Who was Cecilius Calvert?
This war fought between the New England colonies and the Wampanoags, led by Metacom, killed thousands and ultimately finalized the expulsion of Native Americans from the region
What was King Philip's War?
New York governor Edmund Andros ruled this colony, formed by the merger of West Jersey, East Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and Rhode Island
What was the Dominion of New England?
This South Carolina slave uprising, involving a march to Spanish Florida, involved the killings of nearly two dozen whites, leading to much stricter slave codes
What was the Stono Rebellion?
These legislations, first passed by Oliver Cromwell and Parliament following the English Civil War, carried out the idea of mercantilism for England's American colonies
What were the Navigation Acts?
This land system allowed for the development of large plantations in the Chesapeake region, transitioning Jamestown into a functioning society
What was the headright system?
This person was expelled from Massachusetts Bay colony for his advocacy of religious toleration, founding Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Who was Roger Williams?
These farmers from a rural Pennsylvania town massacred Native Americans and threatened the government in Philadelphia, ultimately ending the amicable relations between settlers and Native Americans
Who were the Paxton Boys?
The slave narrative written by this author challenged the prevailing beliefs at the time that Africans were intellectually inferior to Europeans and influenced the British abolitionist movement
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
Led by George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, this colony-wide movement led to the development of "New Light" churches, such as the Baptist and Presbyterian churches
What was the First Great Awakening?