Georgia, New Netherlands, and New York
What are the two things Georgia is (_____ colony).
Debtor and Buffer colony.
How did Penn get the land for Pennsylvania?
The king owned his father a favor.
Which main country's (New Spain, New France, or New England) main economic activities are fishing, shipbuilding, and trade?
New England
Another name for the pilgrims
Separatists
A colony where people are sent to work off their debt
A debtor colony
Founded Georgia and was an enlightenment thinker. Georgia was a Utopian idea for the colony.
James Oglethorpe
Why did the Quakers need Pennsylvania to be a safe haven?
To avoid religious persecution.
Farms in the Southern Colonies grew what?
Cash Crops
A time where Jamestown ran out of food during the winter and only 60 colonists were left
The Starving Time
The journey that all slaves had to make to reach the colonies from Africa to the New World during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Middle Passage
Led a fleet of English warships to capture New Netherlands and renamed it New York.
James Duke of York.
How was Penn's relationship with the Native Americans?
It was good and peaceful.
Which one of the main country's (New Spain, New France, or New England) made much of their revenue through fur trading?
New France
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
In the 1660s, wealthy Virginia farmers bought most of the good farmland near the coast. Many indentured servants led by Bacon moved inland to find farmland. However, the settlers that moved inland began fighting with the Indians. The British Governor William Berkeley refused to aid the settlers and Bacon led a group of settlers in revolt against Jamestown and burned it to the ground.
Bacon's Rebellion
What was the Dutch's initial goals with New Netherlands?
To gain profits from the area's fur trading.
What were the other two names for Pennsylvania?
Pennswood and Poor Man's Country.
Name the 13 original colonies
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.
A document that was the first form of government in the New World that the Pilgrims signed
The Mayflower Compact
Brought to the colony by John Rolfe, it was important because it was the ticket to the colony's survival after the "starving time". Made Jamestown profitable.
Tobacco
What are the 3 dominant laws in Georgia?
No drinking permitted, could not sell the land, and no slavery.
Why do we always talk about Philadelphia in class?
It was the original capital of the U.S. and was where many important documents were signed.
Explain the climate and geography in the Middle Colonies.
Temperate in climate, with warm summers and cold winters. Geography ranged from coastal plains along the coastline, rolling hills in the middle, and mountains further inland.
What did John Winthrop envision the Massachusetts Bay Colony as?
"A city on a hill"
The economic policy of European countries through which nations attempt to gain wealth through trade with other countries and exporting more than they import. People thought the New World existed to make the home country wealthy and powerful. This caused European countries to compete for land in the New World.
Mercantilism