Vocabulary
Colonial Regions
Motivations
Enlightenment Thinkers
Wildcard
100
Physical process whereby a country takes over another place, putting its own government in charge and either moving its own people into the place or bringing in indentured outsiders to gain control of the people and the land
What is colonization
100
Forestry (lumber), merchants, fishing, shipbuilding, whaling; cold climate and rocky soil can be found in this region.
What is New England
100
What are the three motivations forced European exploration and colonization.
What is Social, Economic and Political
100
This law lecturer supported the idea of a representative government
Who is William Blackstone
100
What is one benefit of early colonial farms being located close to waterways and coastlines?
What is gave them ability to transport crops and goods.
200
action or speech on behalf of a person, group, or state.
What is representative
200
Fertile soil, wheat/grain/fruits/vegetables; diverse population, religiously tolerant are characteristics of which region?
What is Middle Colonies (NY,PA, NJ and DE)
200
A country that seeks to expand their land and territory would be an example of which motivation for colonization?
What is political
200
John Locke strongly believed in the importance of natural rights. Natural rights include the following.
What is natural rights: Life, liberty and property.
200
Provide three European nations primarily colonized North America?
What is Spain, France, Great Britain and Netherlands
300
large farm that specializes in one or two crops
What is a plantation
300
Warmer climate, long growing season, plantation economy with slaves, rice, tobacco and indigo (cash crops) are characteristics of which region?
What is Southern Colonies (MD, VA, NC, SC, and GA).
300
This group, sought to purify the Church of England. They sought to live their lives by strictly adhering to the Bible.
Who are the Puritans and Pilgrims
300
This man was granted a charter and founded the Pennsylvania colony. He was a Quaker and a strong supporter of religious freedom.
Who is William Penn
300
John Rolfe of Jamestown boosted the Virginia colony's economy with this cash crop.
What is tobacco
400
across the Atlantic Ocean
What is transatlantic
400
In the southern colonies the Virginia House of Burgesses was an example of which style of government?
What is representative.
400
This colony was set up as a safe haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland
400
This Frenchman wrote a satire which showed the criticism of contemporary French society, but is more widely known for his takes on checks and balances/ separation of power in government.
Who is Baron De Montesquieu
400
This was the first permanent British settlement in the New World.
What is Jamestown
500
Economic policy that focuses on making $ for the mother country. It favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the accumulation of gold and silver
What is mercantilism
500
In the early colonies, which group(s) of people where excluded from voting.
What is slaves, servants and women.
500
James Edward Oglethorpe, a philanthropist and an English general, along with twenty-one other men, created a charter to settle a new colony which they named in honor of King George II. Oglethorpe insisted that the formation of a new colony would allow debt-ridden people a fresh start.
What is Georgia
500
This man wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, which was the first written constitution in the colonies.
Who is Thomas Hooker
500
The Mayflower Compact was a prime example of what form of democracy?
What is a direct democracy