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What was the main way French settlers in the North America made money?
By trapping and the Fur trade
How did the Puritans lead to the ideas of self governance?
Puritans set up government by electing people to represent them, and have self-representative churches.
Why was Jamestown settled where it was?
To protect the colony from the Spanish
What were people like Johnathan Edwards known for?
They were Puritan preachers who were very strong and extreme in their beliefs of sin and punishment from god.
Why were Africans used as slaves more than American Indians?
They were resistant to European diseases.
Why was the Maryland act of Toleration enacted?
To ensure religious freedom for Catholics
What colonial region relied of slavery the most?
The southern colonies
How were the Spanish able to conquer the Aztecs?
Superior military weapons, horses, and most importantly, diseases
In colonial America a person's status depended on their...
Family Background and wealth
What cash crops were grown using slave labor?
Tobacco, sugar, coffee, cotton
Describe the conditions on slave ships
Salves were chained down, as many as 400 with one bucket to eat and use the bathroom.
How did Puritan beliefs lead to more people learning to read?
They believed everyone should read/study the bible.
Explain how New York City was once not named that.
New York City was originally a Dutch colony, with the name "New Amsterdam." Eventually, the English militarily took over the city and renamed it New York City after the Duke of York.
How was slavery a racial issue?
Slavery was a racial issue because the enslavement of people was most confined to one race, African Americans. This also make slave owners justify owning people because of racial superiority.
What was the Great Awakening?
A religious movement in the colonies that started an overall unity of religion, and contributed to the rise of preachers such as Johnathan Edwards and George Whitefield.
What two reasons was Georgia started?
A place for people in massive debt to go for a fresh start, and as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the rest of the colonies.
What was the tidewater region in the southern colonies?
A place with heavily slave labor, and very fertile farmland typically near the coast and in river valleys.
How did the use of plantations increase the amount of slaves in the southern colonies?
Plantations were large scale farming properties with many cash crops. These cash crops were very labor intensive and with a lot of land, caused demand for slave labor to increase.
Describe the head right system of slavery.
It promoted slavery because the more slaves you purchased, the more land was given to you, so in order to become wealthy, you needed to purchase slaves.
What caused William and Mary to assume the thrones of England, what document did they sign as an agreement?
The Glorious Revolution, English Bill of Rights
How was slavery an economic issue? `
Slavery was an economic issue because slave labor is significantly cheaper than paid labor. This caused the motive for slavery to be much higher, and eventually the agricultural areas of North America became economically dependent on them.
What was important about the Virginia House of Burgesses?
It was the first instance of limited self-governance in the English colonies.
Describe the triangular trade, and what the trade route was.
Triangular trade was across the Atlantic, starting in New England, then to West Africa, then to the West Indies, and lastly back to New England.
Describe William Penn and his beliefs.
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania, and was a Quaker. Someone who is pretty inclusive for the time period. He welcomed all religions, American Indians, women, etc.
What colony did Thomas Hooker start, and why?
He started Connecticut to have a place with representative government.