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Vocabulary
Early Colonies
Slavery/Trade
New England/Middle/Southern Colonies
100

A person who settles a colony.

What is a colonist?

100

What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?

A war between England and Spain.

100

Most West Africans in the 1500s spoke the same language.

True or False

False

100

What group of people founded Massachusetts Bay and why did they found it? 

Puritans - founded to protect religious freedom. 

200

What is a small community created by settlers in a new territory?

Settlement  

200

Which colony is known as the "lost colony" and why is it known as the "lost colony"?

Roanoke - all the settlers disappeared. 

200

Enslaving people was very difficult for West Africans, even when people did not want to enslave others if they did not their village would be captured and enslaved. West Africans refused to take part in this trade. West Africans tried to find enslaved people outside their nations. West Africans traded people who were already enslaved.

True or False 

True 

200

Rhode Island was founded to...

Offer religious freedom.

300

What is a body of lawmakers?

Assembly 

300

Who made the laws in Virginia? Who made the laws in England?

Elected representatives made the laws in Virginia. 

The king or queen made the laws in England.

300
Most slaves were forced to work on sugar and tobacco plantations. 

True or False 

True

300

Why was Maryland a not so great spot to colonize?

Mosquitoes spread disease! 

400

What is the way people use their resources to meet needs and wants?

Economy

400

What is a plan of government written by the colonists?

Mayflower Compact

400

A place where West Africans were sold when they first arrived in the American colonies.

Auction or Scramble 

400

Why were the Quakers treated poorly in England?

They practiced a different religion.

500

What is the exchange of people who were enslaved and goods between Europe, the Americas, and West Africa, using shipping routes across the Atlantic Ocean. 

Triangular Trade 

500
Which colony came first? Jamestown, Plymouth or Roanoke?

Roanoke

500
1. Field work, cooking and carpentry are examples of jobs an enslaved individual might need to do. 

True or False

2. Enslaved individuals might resist their enslavement by breaking tools. 

True or False

1. True


2. True 

500

1.Plantations specialize in producing cash crops. 

True or False

2. Georgia was founded to help poor debtors avoid jail because they received 50 acres of land and a chance to earn a living.

True or False 

1. True

2. True