European Settlement
Who were 3 of the 4 European nations who created settlements in North America?
England, France, Spain, Netherlands (Dutch)
What are the three Colonial Regions?
New England, Middle (Mid-Atlantic), Southern Colonial Regions.
Under Mercantilism, what were the colonies responsible for?
Sending raw materials to England and providing markets to sell English finished goods.
What is the term for the enslaving and owning of human beings and their offspring as property, able to be bought, sold, and forced to work without wages?
Chattel Slavery
Who was the religious group that were the main settlers of Pennsylvania?
The Quakers
What are the 3 Gs?
Gold, God, Glory.
What are two things the New England Colonies economics focused on?
Ship Building, Timber, Fishing, Whaling
The key to mercantilism is to build wealth by _________ more than they __________.
Export more than you Import
What forced labor group did Africans replace in the New World?
Native Americans
Bonus 100: Indentured Servants
This colony was created to get away from the strict religious laws in Massachusetts.
Rhode Island-- I will also accept Connecticut
Which Nation focused on the Fur-Trade, specifically beaver pelts as their economy?
France
Southern colonies focused on these type of crops________ and grew them on large farms called __________.
Cash Crops: Tobacco, Rice, Indigo, Cotton
Plantations
What was the term for the European countries that owned colonies in the New World?
England-- Wrong!!!
Mother Country
What invention, created by Eli Whitney, that increased cotton production and led to an increase in slavery?
The Cotton Gin
The Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies had these two large cities, the most populated in the colonies.
New York and Philadelphia
Commercial Empire
This was the nickname of the Middle (Mid-Atlantic) Colonies. Why did they call them this?
The Bread Basket Colonies
They grew grains, especially wheat which fed the colonies.
What were the laws called that enforced mercantilism for the 13 colonies?
Navigation Acts
This was a series of safe havens and routes that helped runaway enslaved Africans escape to Canada.
The Underground Railroad
This colony was established by James Oglethorpe as a colony for debtors.
Georgia
The religious center of a Spanish Settlement was called a _________?
Mission
What religious group was responsible for the settlement of Massachusetts?
Puritans: Full Points-- Massachusetts
What is the term for the three way trade between the Colonies, England, and Africa? What was the route called that brought enslaved people from Africa to the Caribbean and the Colonies?
The Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage
Who was the enslaved person who claimed God told him to rebel against white slave holders, eventually killing 55 white southerners?
Nat Turner
What type of government did most colonies create because of their distance from England?
Self Government
Self Rule
Limited Democracy