Vocabulary
They worked for a period of time and then were released.
Indentured Servants
Which colonial region had a long growing season and depended upon cash crops?
Southern Colonies
The Pilgrims signed which document in 1620?
Mayflower Compact
Why- did the French settle in America?
To trade fur
Which colonial region used slaves the most?
Southern
What is "Salutary Neglect"?
The king ignored his colonists as long as the mother country was paid.
New York City, Philadelphia and Newark are cities in which Colonial Region?
Middle Colonies
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (F.O.O.C.) was an example of _______-government in the colonies.
self
Which colony was established so that Catholics could worship freely?
Maryland
For what purpose was Plymouth founded?
Religious freedom.
What do "copious perspirations" refer to?
Sweating a lot and/or the story of Equiano.
Why is the year 1607 significant?
Creation of Jamestown
What 3 places were involved in Transatlantic Trade? (Triangular Trade)
America-->Europe-->Africa
Who settled in Pennsylvania for religious freedom?
Quakers
For what purpose was Jamestown founded?
To make money
Explain Mercantilism
An economic system where a colony is only allowed to trade with it's "mother country".
Shipbuilding, fishing, and fur trapping were a result of what PHYSICAL (geographic) characteristics of the New England Colonies?
Forests, Harbors, and Rivers
What was the main reason that European countries wanted to create colonies in America?
to make money using "Mercantilism"
Why did the Puritans establish themselves?
To purify themselves from the Catholic Church.
A major GEOGRAPHIC factor of the Middle Colonies that influenced early economic development was what?
Natural Harbors
Under mercantilism, it deterred the colonists from trading outside of the Mother Country.
Navigation Acts
What was the unintended consequence of Bacon's Rebellion?
Enslaved Africans replaced indentured servants.
What was the main reason that the Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were created?
To establish self-governance from England.
Who was the leader of the colony that bordered Spanish owned Florida?
James Oglethorpe
What was a major reason for the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Economic demands of the plantation system