Religions
Pilgrims
This group of colonies were known as the "Breadbasket" of the colonies
Middle Colonies
The trade routes between Africa, Europe, and the Americas made what shape?
Triangle
The act of owning another person as property
Slavery
Not discriminating against people based on religion is called this.
Religious Tolerance
Members of this religion settled in Pennsylvania and believed in religious tolerance and pacifism
Quakers
This group of colonies was made by people looking to make money from crops rather than religious freedom
Southern Colonies
What are two things introduced to the Americas by Europeans?
Diseases, Farm Animals, Grains, Etc.
Working for someone to pay off a debt, or owing labor to someone
Indentured Servitude
This was the main reason for early settlers to leave England
Religious Freedom
Spain and France were both officially this sect of Christianity
Catholicism
The Puritans and Pilgrims first settled in this colony
Massachusetts
Cotton, indigo, and tobacco are all examples of these
Cash Crops
These were French frontiersmen who lived in the woods and traded in furs
Coureurs de Bois
This agreement was made by a group of men before they made it to Plymouth Rock
Mayflower Compact
This was the official religion of England
Anglicanism
This was the first long-lasting English settlement in the colonies
Jamestown
What was brought to the Americas from Africa in the Middle Passage?
Enslaved People
This social class was the highest in New Spain, and was made up of people born in Spain
Peninsulares
Town halls are an example of this kind of government
Representative/Democratic
John Winthrop, leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was a member of this religion
Puritan
These were Spanish-owned religious settlements that were ruled by priests
Missions
This was the exchanging of different plants, animals, and diseases from the Old World to the New World
Columbian Exchange
Encomiendas
This place in Virginia was the earliest example of representative government in the Colonies
House of Burgesses