Exploration
Jamestown
Plymouth
Plymouth
New England Region
Middle Region
Southern Region
Colonial Government
Vocabulary
100
The 3 G's of exploration
What is:
God = Religion
Gold = Economic wealth
Glory = Expand Empire by gaining new land
100
This saved Jamestown
What is tobacco
100
Economic characteristics
What is: fishing, ship building, whaling, logging
100
Economic characteristics
What is grain crops
100
Fertile soil & hot climate contribute to this economic venture
What is cash crops
100
Mayflower Compact established this government principle
What is self-government
100
Name given to land where cash crops are grown
What is a plantation
200
French's economic motivation
What is fur trading
200
This group of people left England for religious freedom
What is:
Pilgrims OR Puritans (Separatists)
200
Geographic features of the region
What is: rocky soil, dense forests, natural harbors, cold climate
200
Group of people that settled Pennsylvania
What are Quakers
200
Types of cash crops in the South
What are tobacco, cotton, indigo, and rice
200
Colony that used town hall meetings to organize government.
What is Plymouth (Massachusetts) colony
200
Legislative body in England
What is Parliment
300
Spanish Motivations
What is convert Natives to Catholic & search for gold
300
Jamestown is located in this colony
What is Virginia
300
Cause of death for some women in the Massachusetts colony
What is Salem Witch Trials
300
Nickname for this region
What is breadbasket
300
Debtors and criminals live here
What is Georgia colony
300
Who makes the rules and laws in the Jamestown Colony?
What is the House of Burgesses
(or elected representatives)
300
Era known for its religious revival within colonial societies
What is the Great Awakening
400
Trade routes north of Canada heading west to India
What is the Northwest Passage
400
Negative consequence of cash crops
What is slavery OR plantation system
400
Wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What is Thomas Hooker
400
Colony most known for trading and diverse peoples
What is New York colony
400
Catholics live here
What is Maryland
400
Reason that colonial government ever began in the colonies
What is Salutary Neglect
400
Idea of limited government & trial by jury in 1215
What is Magna Carta
500
What is Spain
500
What is 1620
500
My New Hamster Runs In Cages
What is:
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
500
New York Police Need Jelly Donuts
What is:
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
500
My Very Nice Cousin Sends Christmas Gifts
What is: Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
500
Who gave us the idea of our inalienable rights..."life, liberty, and property."
What is John Locke
500
Name of Era where philosophers contributed governmental ideas.
What is the Age of Enlightenment