The New World
The first permanent English settlement in North America (founded 1607).
Jamestown, Virginia
Name for the northern colonies that were mostly settled by Puritans.
New England
A work contract that lasts 4-7 years in which a person is promised passage to the New World, basic necessities like board and room, and the possibility of land.
Indentured Servitude
Name ALL Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
An economic system where a country aims to become wealthy and powerful by exporting more finished goods than it imports, and using government policies to control trade to benefit the nation's self-interest
Mercantilism
Which European group had the most cooperative relationship with Native Americans and would often marry into their societies?
French
What religion were Puritans and what religion was persecuting them in England?
Protestant / Church of England or Roman Catholic traditions
Because of this, Southern colonies began to rely more heavily on Slave labor
Bacon's Rebellion
Name ALL New England colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
The process by which the colonies adopted English cultural, political, economic, and social models.
Anglicization
What was the primary focus of the Dutch in the New World?
Name of a "dissenter" who challenged Puritan views and was put on trial in Boston for her orthodox values
Anne Hutchinson
Name for the voyage European trades made between Africa, North America, and Europe
Triangular Trade
Name one difference between Southern and Northern Colonies in the 17th Century
South: Small families, men died young, Focus on agriculture, Indentured servitude, eventual reliance on slave labor.
North: Big families, long lives, Religion was super important, focus on commerce for income
British trade act that restricted trade between colonies and sparked colonial resentment and rebellion against the King
Navigation Acts
Name of the Native Revolt against the Spanish that led to better accommodation for Native culture.
Peublo Revolts
The image that John Winthrop used to describe his Massachusetts colony as an example for the rest of the world.
City Upon a Hill
Stono Rebellion (South Carolina Slave Rebellion) was the largest Slave uprising in the colonies. Where were these Slaves headed?
Florida
This region had the largest demographic of single men looking for work.
Chesapeake (Men outnumbered women 5 to 1)
This is one example of colonies experiencing self-governing that occurred in Virginia
House of Burgesses
Deadliest conflict between English colonists and Native Americans
King Philip's or Metacom's War
The significance of the Mayflower Compact
The colonies' first constitutional government, the beginning of a democratic values (for land-owning men)
How did slaves resist their slave masters?
Worked slowly, broke tools, tried to escape, violently rebelled, preserved and adapted African cultural practices.
Ethnic demographics of the Colonies:
English, Dutch, Germans, African, and _____
Scots-Irish
What was one effect of the Great Awakening (1730s-1740s)?
Shared religious experiences helped create a common identity across the different American colonies
New denominations of Christianity and a rise in evangelicalism.
People learned to connect directly with God instead of relying solely on ministers