Colonists
Settled in 1607 in Virginia by a joint-stock company for economic purposes, not religious purposes
What is Jamestown?
This act was passed in Maryland in 1649 to protect religious freedom
What is the Toleration Act of 1649?
This indigenous man assisted the Pilgrims' farming methods by showing them to fertilize soil with fish remains
Who is Squanto?
These rocky, colder climate colonies were settled initially by Puritans seeking religious freedom, include Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, and relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade
What are the New England Colonies?
Who are women?
John Winthrop was an early leader of this colony established in Massachusetts Bay in 1630, aimed to make the Anglican Church more pure, thought church leaders had too much power
Who are the Puritans?
This woman left Puritan Massachusetts to create a more religiously tolerant colony in Rhode Island
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This played a vital role in sustaining many European colonies
What is trade with indigenous people?
What are the Southern Colonies?
These people were subjected to severe exploitation (mistreatment), were denied basic human rights, were captured from the interior of Africa and transported to slave forts along Africa's coast (especially in West Africa), and were transported to the Americas in cramped, diseased quarters
Who are African slaves?
Settled in Pennsylvania, believed in non-violence, believed men and women were equal before God, religiously tolerant
Who are the Quakers?
A movement of the mid-1700s focused on personal salvation, a direct relationship with God, individual spiritual experience, and challenged the authority of established religious institutions
What is the Great Awakening?
These two words (both start with the letter "c") describe the relationship between the indigenous people and colonists
What is cooperation and conflict?
These colonies with fertile soil and a milder climate grew crops such as oats and wheat, include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and relied on a strong trade network with coastal areas and rivers
What are the Middle Colonies?
What is self-government?
Who are indentured servants?
This was the main religion of the Southern Colonies who were not religiously diverse
What is Anglican (Church of England)?
What is relatively peaceful?
This is the name of the trade system where different goods and slaves were transported between Europe, New England, the West Indies, and Africa
What are liberties?
These colonists may have disappeared because of moving to Croatoan Island, severe drought and food shortages, being wiped out by indigenous people, or disease
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
What are the Middle Colonies?
These are the two countries indigenous people allied with during the French and Indian War
Who are the British and French?
This is the name of the scary and dangerous journey slaves endured across the Atlantic Ocean on slave ships
This movement inspired the political ideas of the colonists because many believed reason and logic could make society better
What is the Enlightenment?