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Slave Life
Life in the Colonies
Why Colonize??
Early Exploration and Effects
Native and Slave Conflicts/ Random
100
these people were, in some cases, worse off then the slaves.
What is free blacks?
100
crops that are in high demand
What are staple crops?
100
they came for gold and glory.
What is the Spanish?
100
1492 (pretty much the only EXACT date I'll require you to know)
What is the year Columbus sailed to the New World?
100
you work for seven years and then you earn your freedom and maybe a piece of land.
What is indentured servitude?
200
in this region, slaves could move up in society and even marry into their masters families.
What is Africa?
200
this region relied upon staple crops (like rice and tobacco)
What is the Southern Colonies?
200
these guys settled up North, concentrating on their fur trade.
What is the French?
200
The journey that Africans were forced to make across the Atlantic Ocean
What is the Middle Passage?
200
one of the servants snitched on his own comrades and they were hung/ jailed.
What is The Gloucester County Slave Revolt?
300
in this region, African slaves worked a diverse amount of jobs because of the lack of large plantations.
What is the New England and Middle Colonies?
300
This region's economy was a mixture between commerce and farming
What is the Middle Colonies?
300
these guys were running away from religious persecution. They founded Plymouth.
What is the Pilgrims?
300
name who said this quote. "They came baring all sorts of gifts to us. These people were perfectly fit for servitude."
What is Christopher Columbus?
300
runaway slaves went on a killing spree of various slave owners in an attempt to reach freedom in Florida. Most of them were killed for their crimes.
What is the Stono Rebellion?
400
in this region, slaves accounted for a majority of the population working on large plantations.
What is the South Carolina and Georgia?
400
this region was composed of small farm towns that depended on long distance trade.
What is the New England Colonies?
400
these guys wanted a religious utopia. Basically they wanted to live in "their own little bubble" because they were very intolerant of other religions.
What is the Puritans?
400
this was the transatlantic trade of crops, technology, and culture between the Americas, Europe, and Asia that began around 1492
What is the Columbian Exchange?
400
The English pushing Native Americans off their land and the Pequot war were causes of this bloody affair that left nearly 6,000 dead total
What is King Phillip's War?
500
In this region, slaves worked in the tobacco fields and were encouraged to have large families.
What is Virginia and Maryland?
500
this region produced many grains such as wheat, barley, and rye.
What is the Middle Colonies?
500
both of these countries came to America to spread their religion to the Natives
What is France and Spain?
500
What early English Colony failed? Which one succeeded? (must get both correct for points)
What is Roanoke and Jamestown?
500
the first form of self government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
What is the Mayflower Compact?