Colonies
What is a settlement?
a small, newly built community
Why was Virginia considered more democratic than England?
Laws were made by elected representatives
What did plantations specialize in producing?
cash crops
Why was Massachusetts Bay founded?
to protect Puritans
Scotland
What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?
a war between England and Spain
What was the Mayflower Compact?
a plan of government drawn up by the colonists
Where were most slaves forced to work?
sugar and tobacco plantations
Why was Rhode Island founded?
to offer religious freedom
Why was Georgia founded?
to help debtors avoid going to jail
Why is Roanoke called the "lost colony"?
All the settlers disappeared
Why did colonial leaders go to the Raleigh Tavern?
to discuss business and politics
When enslaved Africans first arrived in the American colonies, what happened to them first?
sold at auctions
Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?
They practiced a different religion from most English people.
Where did many colonial girls learn to read?
in dame schools
Was Roanoke established before or after Jamestown and Plymouth?
Before
Who chose the governor of the royal colony of Virgina?
the king
How did people resist enslavement?
They broke tools.
What was the official religion of Virginia?
Anglican
Where would an apprentice learn a trade?
the shoemaker's shop
What was a big disadvantage of colonizing Maryland?
disease spread by mosquitos
What different choices did West Africans make about enslaving and trading people? (There are three.)
1. Refuse to take part in it
2. Tried to find enslaved people outside their nation
3. Traded people who were already enslaved
What type of work might an enslaved person be forced to do?
field work, cooking, carpentry
What two things did most West Africans value the most in the 1500s?
Family and ancestors
How can colonial Williamsburg best be described?
a center of education and culture