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Exploration
Colonial Regions
Colonial Government
Vocabulary
Key Events/People
100

3 reasons Europeans went exploring were_____

What are Gold, God, and Glory

100
This colony was founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
100
The House of Burgesses (1619) and Mayflower Compact are both examples of this_________
What is colonial self-government?
100

A country settles another land and takes control of trade and indigenous people.

What is a colony or colonization?

100

This man sailed around the world, looking for India, but found the Americas instead.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

Early European Explorers who came to the "New World" were looking _____

What is find a shorter water-route/trade-route to Asia?

200
This colony was founded in 1620.
What is Plymouth?
200

This type of person was allowed to vote in colonial America.

Who is a land-owning white male?

200

Citizens vote for leaders to make decisions in their best interest

What is a representative government?

200

This early colonial leader insisted that "he that does not work, shall not eat".

Who is John Smith?

300

The four European Powers that conquered the Americas in the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries

Who are France, England, Spain, and the Netherlands

300
What type of geographic features discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?
What is rocky soil and a short growing season?
300

Maryland was a Catholic colony, however they passed a law to protect _______________ and bring in more colonists.

What is religious freedom?

300
These early laborers chose to work in America for a set period of time in exchange for their passage over.
Who are indentured servants?
300

This man led a violent uprising against the government, the outcome was new strict race-based laws.

Who is Nathaniel Bacon?

400

The motivation of the French when colonizing the Americas

What is fur trading with Native Americans?

400
This area became known as the Bread Basket because of its agricultural success with grains.
What is the Middle Colonies region?
400

The First Great Awakening emphasized this in people's lives.

What is religious independence and individuality?

400
Under this economic system, Parliament passed laws controlling the trade of the colonies in order to benefit the "Mother Country."
What is mercantilism?
400

The exchange of enslaved people, for resources, for goods between three continents.

What is Triangular Trade OR Transatlantic Slave Trade

500

The lost colony that Britain attempted to start

What is Roanoke?

500
These factors played an important role in the need for labor and the development of the plantation system in the south.
What are long growing seasons and fertile soil?
500

The importance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, it was the first document to_____

What is set rules for the government?

500

Religious movement focused on gaining individualism in religion, led to colonists wanting more independence in government

What is the Great Awakening?

500

The people of Jamestown struggled to survive without food or a leader.

What are the Starving Times?