Which Colony?
Timber used for shipbuilding industry
New England colonies
Resulted in the burning of Jamestown
Bacon's Rebellion
The undeveloped area at the edge of the colonial settlements
the frontier
Name one of the two methods of caring for the poor in the colonies
sending them "round the town" and "putting out" with a family
The most important crop to the survival of the colonies was
corn
Several navigable rivers to aid transportation and settlement
Middle colonies
Resulted in the loss of the Indian way of life
King Philip's war
What kind of tax was the main source of income for the colonial governments?
property tax
What officials were appointed by colonial governors to hold court and serve various public needs?
justices of peace
Who had the "power of the purse" in the colonies?
the legislature
Local government in town meetings
New England Colonies
Spread through Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine.
King Philip's War
What do historians call the trade network between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
What was the occupation of most of the early colonists?
farming
What term was used to describe the Africans' journey to the New World?
the Middle Passage
Location of Piedmont and tidewater
Southern colonies
Settlers attacked Indians without government permission
Bacon's Rebellion
What is the name for large farms in the southern colonies?
plantations
What were colonial armies called?
militias
The French Huguenots had a particularly strong presence in which colony?
South Carolina
Known as the bread colonies
Middle colonies
Colonists captured Indians and sold them as slaves
Pequot War
Where did colonial fisherman often go to catch codfish?
Along the New England coast or off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
praying towns
What routes did settlers usually follow inland?