Colonies
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?
Which colonial region was known for growing different types of grains?
The Middle Colonies
Who owned the 13 colonies?
King of England or England
She was exiled from Massachusetts for challenging Puritan laws and practices... Representing the 1st female voice of discontent in Colonial America.
Was it Anne Hutchinson or Margaret Brent?
Who is Anne Hutchinson
Name one colony from the New England Colonial Region.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New Hampshire
These were large Cash Crop farms that resembled Euroan Feudalism. These farms had African slaves.
What are Plantations?
The trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits.
The Columbian Exchange
What was the owner of a colony called?
proprietor
He was a prominent Quaker who started the Pennsylvania colony?
Was it John Smith or William Penn
Who is William Penn
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment. What colony was it?
What is Jamestown?
What group of religious settlers wanted to “purify” the Church. They settled in the New England colonial region.
Who are the Puritans?
What was the nickname for the type of farming for profit on plantations that included tobacco, rice, indigo, and slave labor. Generally associated with Southern Colonies.
What is Cash Crop Farming?
How did the proprietor of a colony know what powers he had?
a charter
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.
Was is Sacagawea or Pocahontas?
Who is Pocahontas
What colony was established by Quakers?
What is Pennsylvania?
Explain what an artisan is AND give an example of something they would do.
skilled worker who made things
answers will vary
List three of the main jobs that colonists in the New England Colonial Regions might do?
answers vary
What happened if the proprietor of a colony died?
His oldest son took over.
He started the Colony of Rhode Island after disagreeing with Puritan laws and practices.
Was it Roger Williams or John Rhodes?
Who is Roger Williams?
List all 5 Southern Colonies.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What two types of religion were allowed in the Maryland Colony?
Protestants and Catholics
what type of economy meant that poor people worked for wealthy people, but the poor people stayed poor
feudalism
All 13 colonies had the same rules/laws? True or False.
False
Who was the governor of the colony of Maryland?
Was it Lord Baltimore or Leonard Calvert?
Leonard Calvert