Colonial Regions
This region had the most diverse economy, with agriculture, commerce, and industry.
What is the Middle Colonies?
Economic theory that colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
The largest group of immigrants to the colonies in the 1700s.
Who are the Scots-Irish?
Uprising in Virginia led by poor farmers in 1676.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Enlightenment thinker who argued for natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
Known for shipbuilding and Puritan religious values.
What is New England?
Law that restricted colonial trade to only England.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This religious revival emphasized emotion and individual experience.
What is the First Great Awakening?
This rebellion in 1739 was led by enslaved Africans in South Carolina.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
Locke’s theory of government included this key idea
What is the social contract?
This region's plantation economy relied heavily on enslaved labor.
What is the Southern Colonies?
This trade pattern involved rum, slaves, and sugar.
What is the Triangular Trade?
Key preacher during the First Great Awakening.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This Native uprising occurred after Pontiac's War.
What is King Philip's War?
This belief emphasized reason and science over religion.
What is rationalism?
These colonies were known for religious tolerance, especially Pennsylvania.
What are the Middle Colonies?
Colonists reacted to mercantilist restrictions with this.
What is smuggling?
Role of women was largely limited to this sphere.
What is the domestic/private sphere?
Conflict between Native Americans and Puritans in New England.
What is King Philip’s War? (Or Metacom's)
Enlightenment ideas influenced this future American document.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The geographic feature that most influenced settlement and trade patterns.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This 1733 act restricted molasses imports from non-British colonies.
What is the Molasses Act?
Education was most emphasized in this colonial region.
What is New England?
Colonial opposition to British trade control often took this form.
What is boycotting?
Enlightenment-influenced colonial group that supported education and science.
Who are the Founding Fathers?