Settlement
What was the first successful Colony? (hint: in Virginia)
Jamestown
the climate of the New England colonies can be described as
A main reason settlers took the journey to the Americas in the 1600s
more land
more opportunities
religious freedom
The three colonial regions
new england, middle, southern
the Middle Colonies had the nickname the ________ because of the surplus of grain
Beginning in 1650, Britain enacted the Navigation Acts that controlled colonial commerce and manufacturing for the enrichment of Britain. This was under the system of ________
mercantilism
A system of bondage in which a person has the legal status of property and so can be bought and sold.
enslavement
the first successful colony in the New England region
Plymouth
southern region
System in which workers contracted for service for a specified period. In exchange for agreeing to work allotted time without wages in the colonies, they received passage across the Atlantic, room and board, and status as a free person at the end of the contract period.
indentured servitude
Which geographic feature contributed the most to the development of commerce and trade
waterways
This colony had the first Thanksgiving
plymouth
tabacco, cotton, and rice were grown in this region
an export is when a country/place
sells their surplus goods
Native Americans were impacted by European colonization in the following ways
- land stolen
- food source eradicated
- new diseases
- wars/disputes
plantations depended greatly on the labor of this group
slaves
an import is
when a colony buys goods they need
The rising tensions and British abuses over almost 200 years led to the
American Revolutionary War