The Middle Colonies
Early Exploration
French and Indian War
New England Colonies
Southern Colonies
100
Founded by Quakers, not the oats.
What is Pennsylvania?
100
Tenochtitlan
What was the capital of Aztec empire?
100
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
100
They followed 10 Commandments, but harsher
Who were the Puritans?
100
Cash Crop
What is tobacco, rice, indigo?
200
Formerly New Netherlands
What is New York?
200
Group of people Columbus encountered in the Americas
Who were the Taino
200
Built by Washington and his troops
What was Fort Necessity?
200
Rocky, infertile soil
Why were New England farms so small?
200
Created as a place where English debtors and poor people could make a fresh start.
What is Georgia?
300
The regions nickname
What is Bread Basket?
300
The exchange of goods and ideas from the old world to the new world
What was the Columbian Exchange?
300
Hated the French after they killed his father
Who was the Half King?
300
first written constitution in America
What was the Fundamental Order of Connecticut?
300
rules colonial slaves had to follow
What were slave codes
400
decision made, even women could participate
What were Town Hall Meetings?
400
1607
What year was Jamestown founded?
400
The disputed territory
What is the Ohio River Valley?
400
The Triangular trade
What was the trade route created by New England ships sailing across the Atlantic?
400
This act granted Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely.
What was the Act of Toleration?
500
Established on the promise of representative government
What is New Jersey?
500
They could not make a profit; no gold or silver to be found
What was the Virginia Company?
500
Fierce warriors allied with the British; Canassatego was a chief.
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
500
Separation of Church and State
What was the High Wall Theory
500
First example of representative government in the colonies
What was the House of Burgesses?