First Settlements
Which colony was the first English settlement, but was not permanent?
Roanoke
What were the names of the three colonial regions?
New England
Mid-Atlantic
South
What vocabulary word means focusing on one or a few products?
specialization
Who couldn't vote and worked as caretakers, house-workers, and homemakers?
women
What vocabulary word means to treat someone unfairly, often because of race, religious, political beliefs?
persecute
Which colony was settled by Quakers, who wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference?
Which colony was settled for people that had been in debtors' prisons?
Pennsylvania
Georgia
New England: skilled craftsmen, fishermen, merchants, shipbuilders
Mid-Atlantic: unskilled and skilled workers, farmers, fishermen, merchants
South: farmers, enslaved African Americans, indentured servants
What vocabulary term means two or more people depending on each other for goods and services?
interdependence
Who didn't have money for passage to the colonies, so they agreed to work without pay for a person who paid for their passage?
Indentured Servants
What vocabulary term means a person who works to change and improve a society, government, etc.?
What was the name of the group that established Jamestown? What year did they establish it?
Virginia Company
1607
Describe the climate of each region.
New England: moderate summers, cold winters
Mid-Atlantic: moderate climate
South: humid climate
Which four products did the South specialize in?
tobacco, rice, indigo, and forest products (lumber, tar, pitch)
Who couldn't vote, but could own land, work for pay, and decide how to spend their money?
free African Americans
Why was it important to have deep harbors in New England?
easier for shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling
Which colony was founded by Puritans? What did Puritans want to do?
Massachusetts Bay
purify the Church of England
Which region had plantations and few cities or schools?
Which region had the village, school, and church as the center of life?
South
New England
Which three products did the Mid-Atlantic region specialize in?
livestock, grains, fish
What is the difference between a farmer and large landowner?
Explain who they relied on and what they grew.
Farmers relied on family members for labor, and worked the land according to the region.
Large landowners relied on enslaved African Americans and indentured servants, mostly lived in the South, and often grew cash crops.
What vocabulary term means having the training, knowledge, and experience needed to do something?
Give an example of a human resource that would be described with this word.
skilled
shipbuilder
Who settled Plymouth, and why did they want to settle it?
Separatists
break away from the Church of England
Where was the center of political and civic life in each of the three regions? Name all three, and explain one.
New England: Town Meetings
Mid-Atlantic: Market Towns
South: Counties
Which four products New England specialize in?
fishing, shipbuilding, naval supplies, and metal tools/equipment
What is the difference between an artisan and a merchant?
Artisans worked as craftsmen in towns, plantations, villages, and cities. They made products.
Merchants worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists in towns and cities. They didn't make products.
Describe the characteristics of an indentured servant.