Jamestown
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown
The Pilgrims came to America for this reason
What is religious freedom
These colonies became known as the Breadbasket Colonies.
What are the Middle Colonies?
The first elected representative assembly in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This religious movement spread throughout the colonies during the 1700s.
What is the Great Awakening?
This leader helped Jamestown survive during its early years.
Who is John Smith
Before leaving the ship, the Pilgrims signed this agreement.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This region depended on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
What is New England?
This term means people govern themselves.
What is self-government?
This preacher wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
This cash crop made Jamestown economically succesful.
What is tobacco
The Pilgrims landed in this colony.
What is Plymouth (Massachusetts)?
Large plantations and cash crops were common in this region.
What are the Southern Colonies?
A large farm where cash crops were grown.
What is a plantation?
This traveling preacher attracted thousands of listeners.
Who is George Whitefield?
Jamestown was originally founded mainly to gain this.
What is wealth (or profit)
This document is considered an early example of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Pennsylvania belonged to this colonial region.
What are the Middle Colonies?
A crop grown mainly to be sold for profit.
What is a cash crop?
Britain and France fought over this valuable region.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
Many settlers died because they were unprepared, disease spread, and food was scarce during this difficult period.
The leader who helped guide Plymouth Colony.
Who is William Bradford?
This region had rocky soil, making farming more difficult.
What is New England?
England's economic system that expected colonies to benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
After Britain won the French and Indian War, it faced this major problem.
What is a large war debt?