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Key Names
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The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony
100
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
Who are Indentured Servants?
100
This was the nickname for the farming of wheat, corn, and grain for profit that is generally associated with the Middle Colonies
What is Bread Basket Farming?
100

The name of the difficult, harsh, and sometimes deadly journey slaves made on ships from Africa to the New World.

What is the Middle Passage?

100

He was an upstander who advocated against the inhumane treatment of Native Americans.

Who is Bartolome De Las Casas?

200
The Colony established by Roger Williams which was based on Separation of Church and State.
What is Rhode Island
200

These were large production cash crop farms in the Southern colonies that used slave labor.

What are Plantations?

200
The trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits.
What is Triangular Trade?
200
Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of representative government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200

He was a prominent Quaker who started a colony in America under the values of toleration. Instrumental is establishing the “City of Brotherly Love”

Who is William Penn?

300
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
300

This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. 

Who are the Puritans?

300
Nickname for the type of farming for profit that included tobacco, rice, indigo, and slave labor. Generally associated with Southern Colonies.
What is Cash Crop Farming?
300

In 1676, this rebellion in Virginia was led by frustrated settlers against Governor William Berkeley's policies including preventing colonists from pushing further onto Native American territory


What is Bacon's Rebellion?

300

She was the daughter of Chief Powhattan, is rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith in Jamestown, and later married Captain John Rolfe.

Who is Pocahontas?

400
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
400

This period in the winter of 1609-1610 saw Jamestown colonists suffer extreme food shortages, leading to widespread death and desperation

What is Starving Time?

400

These small farms that DID NOT produce income but did produce food for families. Most early colonists lived on these type of farms.

What are subsistence farms?

400

These laws prohibited enslaved Africans from learning to read, assembling in groups, or traveling without permission. Southern colonies passed these laws to enforce the institution of slavery and prevent rebellion.

What are slave codes?

400

This man founded the colony of Georgia as a haven for debtors and the poor. He established strict laws banning slavery but later gave into demands for end the ban.

Who is James Oglethorpe?

500

Wealthy plantation owners lived in this region, while small, independent farmers often settled in this more remote, frontier-like area.

What are the Tidewater and Backcountry?

500

This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.

Who are the Pilgrims?

500

Under this system, colonies were expected to provide raw materials to the mother country and purchase manufactured goods in return

What is mercantilism?

500

This series of laws required that colonial goods be shipped only on English ships and restricted trade with countries other than England, tightening control over colonial commerce.

What are the Navigation Acts?

500

This fleet was sent by King Philip II of Spain to invade England, but was stopped by bad weather and English ships, resulting in England's opportunity to gain control of the seas and colonize North America.

What is the Spanish Armada?