Government
The first colonial agreement among the people to abide by the rules
What is Mayflower Compact
The first established settlement that came for wealth and adventure
What is Jamestown (Virginia)
What is the breadbasket colonies
What group left England/Holland in search of religious freedom
What is the Pilgrims
What is spread Christianity, Expand Empires and Economic Development
The first colonial law-making group
What is the Virgina House of Burgesses
What does the geography and climate have to do with the development of the plantation system in the south
What is warm climate, rich soil and established along water routes
Established Pennsylivania
What is William Penn
Who are the 2 people who established their own Colony of Rhode Island due to religious toleration
What is Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
The Spanish were motivated to colonize the New World because?
What is they wanted to spread the Catholic faith
The first written constitution that expanded voting right to non-church members
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What American colony's economy was based primarily on harvesting rice, indigo and TOBACCO
What is Virginia
What is the Quakers
What Colony was founded due to persecution of religion and forced out of their homeland
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
The first elected colonial government
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses
The primary reason for the establihsment of the colony of Maryland
What is a refuge for Catholics to avoid persecution
The trade port originally founded by the Dutch
What is New York
What are 2 ways the New England colonies had a thriving economy
What is lumber for building ships and fishing since it was on the coast
What is fur trading
The Mayflower Compact refers to the establishing the principle of
What is self-government
Slaves were needed more in the Southern colonies primarily for what reason
What is to harvest cash crops grown in the south
What are the 2 reasons colonists settled in the Middle
What is Money(cash crops) and Religious freedom
What struggle did the New England Colonies face with their climate
What is it was too cold to grow crops and unpredictable weather, so they had to focus on other avenues to make money and survive
What physical commonality did the first 3 settlements have?
What is they were located on the Atlantic seaboard