New England, Middle and Southern Colonies, First successful English colony
Roanoke
The first colony
The House of Burgesses was an ensemble in colonial Virginia
Where were the House of Burgesses?
Quakers seeked to experience God directly
What did Quaker’s seek to experience?
The British renamed it Fort Pitt
The British took fort Duquesn. what did they rename it?
Crops that could be easily sold in markets in the colonies and overseas.
What was the cash crop?
Jamestown
First successful colony
The assembly decided Virginia would be the new capital
Where did the assembly decide that the new capital would be?
Quakerism is a way of life, rather than a belief
What is Quakerism?
Treaty of Paris in 1763
What ended the French and Indian War?
Rules that govern the behavior and punishment of enslaved people
What are slave codes?
A document that the right to form a colony
What is a charter?
Plantation owners benefited from the headright system
Who benefited from the headright system?
It had roots in Christianity
What did Quakerism have roots in?
They would raise colonists taxes to help the large bill of the war
Why were taxes raised by the British government during the French and Indian War?
triangular
What is the nickname of the triangular trade?
Large plantations and large agricultural economy
What were the southern colonies known for?
Who also benefited from the headright system?
Quaker’s found life and teachings of Jesus inspirational
What did Quakers find inspirational?
They acquired lands west of the Mississippi River called Louisiana as well as the port of New Orleans.
What did Spain acquire from France?
Wheat, livestock, tobacco, indigo, Rice, cotton
What are examples of Cash crops?
They shared the fertile land of the Southern Colonies and many large fields of wheat that could be found and they shared the industry of timber and fishing.
what were the middle colonies known for?
It affected primarily Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
What states did the headright system effect?
Quakers are members of a group with Christian roots that began in England in the 1650s
What are Quakers?
They recieved Florida.
What did Great Britain receive after the French and Indian from France’s ally Spain?
it was a triangle of trade between Africa, America and the UK. The UK would steal from Africa, then manufacture things in america and then give them back to themselves in the UK
What is the triangular trade?