Exploration
Who is missing from this list of early colonizers: Netherlands (Dutch), Spanish, English, and _______.
French or France
This was the first permanent English colony in the New World.
Jamestown
Georgia, North and South Carolina were apart of this region.
The South
Slavery was most prominent in this colony region.
South
This was the main reason for slavery in America.
Gold was found in this nations colonies the most.
Spain or New Spain
This person "saved" the Jamestown colony by befriending the Powhatan tribe and installing a strict working policy.
John Smith
These were the three regions of colonies.
(Must have all three.)
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
The route that slaves were transported across the Atlantic Ocean was called this.
The Middle Passage
This region depended on the fertile land and mild weather.
Mid-Atlantic
The French were looking for this with their original explorations.
(Hint: A Trade Route Name)
The Northwest Passage
This company was an investor and major part of the settling of colonies across early America.
The Virginia Company
The Mid-Atlantic colonies were nicknamed this.
Approximately how many slaves died in the slave trade.
(HINT: in notes)
10 Million
Modern day Maine was apart of this colony.
Massachusetts.
This person was in charge of New Spain
Cortes
This word was the only thing left after the abandonment of this first English colony.
(Need word and colony)
CROATOAN
Roanoke
Known for ship building, fishing, and lumber.
New England
The name for farms mainly in the South were slaves often worked
Plantations
Boston was a major city in this colony and region.
The Dutch founded this now major city in the New England region which was later bought by the English.
New York or New Amsterdam.
This was the first new form of government in the New World.
(Hint: Jamestown)
House of Burresses
These were characteristics of each region:
New England:
Mid-Atlantic:
South:
Various Answers
These were some of the conditions and causes of death for slaves on their trip across the Atlantic.
Various
A person granted land after working for 4-8 years for another person or family.
(HINT: related to Jamestown)
Indentured Servant