Vocabulary
This economic idea supported the idea that countries benefited from trade when they exported more than they imported. For example: England controlling the trade to make themselves wealthy.
Mercantilism
When the Europeans first began to settle in the New World they began to interact with the Indigenous People. What was a negative consequence of them interacting?
Many of the Native Americans died from diseases like smallpox.
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a place for the Quakers to practice their religion freely, and also believed in treating Native Americans fairly?
William Penn
What colonial movement during the 1730s to the 1740s focused on a religious revival that encouraged people to renew their faith?
The Great Awakening
The Southern Colonies were the best place for growing cash crops like tobacco and rice. What geographic features made it the best place to do this?
Warm climate and rich fertile soil
Which two groups were the main ones fighting in the French and Indian War?
The British and the French
This represented the town and was made up of a governor and 22 representatives. (People in town voted for these representatives, this was a representative form of Government)
House of Burgesses
What were the main reasons that the English founded the colony of Jamestown, Virginia?
They wanted to make money by farming crops they could sell and finding gold.
Who explored for the Dutch in search of the Northwest Passage because they were hoping to find a faster water route through North America to Asia?
Henry Hudson
What type of labor grew important on the large plantations of the Southern Colonies due to the need for many workers to grow cash crops?
Enslaved Africans
Which one of the colonies was located in the Middle Colonies? Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Virginia, or Georgia
Pennsylvania
In the New England colonies who had to create the schools for children to go to? The town, the government, or the wealthy
The town had to create the schools once a certain number of families lived there.
When the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth in New England, they created a document to establish a form of self-government for their colony. What was this document called?
Mayflower Compact
The New England Colonies had thick forests and rocky soil, so it was not a good place for farming. What did these colonies do instead for their economy?
Shipbuilding, fishing, and trade
The Dutch originally settled the area that is now New York. Who was the leader that bought the island of Manhattan from the Native Americans?
Peter Minuit