Early Colonization
What was the primary reason the French stayed in the American colonies during the early stages of colonization?
Trade (fur trading)
Describe what indentured servitude was like in the Southern Colonies
What were the people that founded the Plymouth Colony called?
Who benefitted the most from mercantilism in the American colonies?
What did Bacon's Rebellion prove to rich Virginians regarding the colonization of Virginia?
In what region did the Spanish primary focus on during their early colonization of the Americas?
The South (South America, Central America, Southern North America)
What was the largest group in the social hierarchy of the South? What group was at the top of the social hierarchy in the South?
Largest = poor farmers
Top = wealthy plantation owners and investors in joint stock companies like the Virginia Company
What was the legislative document used in the Plymouth Colony to establish the first form of self-government in North America?
The Mayflower Compact
Explain the Navigation Acts
What are the two examples of colonial government that we discussed in class (both governing bodies)
The Virginia House of Burgesses & Massachusetts Town Meetings
The British did not always use direct rule when dealing with their colonies
What was the first legislative assembly in the Southern Colonies? Who made up this assembly?
The Virginia Houses of Burgesses
Wealthy land owning men
Who was at the top of the social hierarchy in New England?
Elite religious leaders
Where in the triangular trade would the majority of manufacturing of goods take place?
England/European countries
What was sustenance farming in New England during Colonial America and how did it differ from agriculture in the South?
A style of farming where people farmed in order to survive/provide their family with what they need and sold excess in order to grow their farms/reinvest in their sustenance farming
It differed from agriculture in the South because Southern Agriculture involved large scale plantations and the cash crop system while sustenance farming was done on a smaller scale and without the cash crop economics
What did a company like the Virginia Company need from the English king in order to start/maintain a colony in America?
a charter
Due to the struggles faced by early colonists in Jamestown, the time period was nicknamed what?
The Starving Time
What city was called "The City on a Hill" and who founded it?
Boston
John Winthrop
How did the policy of Salutary Neglect lead to to increased colonial patriotism amongst the American colonists?
Led to people in the colonies identifying more as American colonists/citizens of their own towns/colonies and less as English
What British policy led to American colonists having a monopoly over trade with the English in the late 1600 and early-mid 1700's?
To keep a political and military presence in the Americas, in the 1600 and 1700's France built a series of military forts across this North American river valley.
The Ohio River Valley
What was the name of the villain in Pocahontas (purple clothes guy), a real life president of the Jamestown Colony who was murdered in gruesome fashion by Native Americans from the Pamunkey Native American tribe in late 1609?
John Ratcliffe
What was the name of the 1st written constitution in American history (during the colonial period)?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the name of the policy used by the Virginia Company that rewarded those who paid for an indentured servant coming to America by rewarding those that paid with 50 acres in the colonies?
The headright system
What was the platform where preachers stood during town meetings in New England called?
Pulpit