Reasons for Colonization
Colonists seeking religious freedom in New England
Who were the Puritans/Pilgrims?
The idea that colonists could make their own laws
What is self-government?
This region's rocky soil and short growing season led to small farms and fishing
What is New England?
Poor Europeans who worked 4–7 years for passage
What is indentured servitude?
Settlement founded in 1607 for economic profit
What is Jamestown?
Agreement by Pilgrims in 1620 to govern themselves
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This region's fertile soil and long hot summers led to plantations and cash crops
What are the Southern Colonies?
Large farms in the South that relied on enslaved labor
What are plantations?
South American crop that made Virginia profitable
What is tobacco?
The first representative assembly in Virginia, 1619
What is the House of Burgesses?
Region nicknamed the “Breadbasket Colonies”
What are the Middle Colonies?
Brutal voyage enslaved Africans endured across the Atlantic
What is the Middle Passage?
Economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
What is mercantilism?
Local meetings where colonists voted directly
What are town meetings?
Coastal harbors and abundant timber supported this major New England industry
What is shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling?
Colonial laws that made slavery permanent and racial
What are slave codes?
British trade laws that required the colonies to sell raw materials only to England and buy only English goods
What are the Navigation Acts?
This British policy allowed the colonies to develop their own assemblies and traditions of self-rule
What is salutary neglect?
The Southern Colonies’ economy depended on these labor-intensive crops grown for export
What are cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo?
1676 rebellion by former indentured servants in Virginia
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?