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Colonial Regions
Colonies
100
Contract that was one of the first attempts at self-government in the colonies
What is the Mayflower Compact
100
Christian movement that was widespread thoughout the colonies
What is the Great Awakening
100
People who signed contracts to work from four to seven years for freedom
What is indentured servants
100
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
What is the New England Colonies
100
First settlement in the US. Settled by London Company and people in debt. They came for land and wealth.
What is the Jamestown Colony
200
Society of Friends
Who are the Quakers
200
Thinkers used reason and logic to study human nature
What is the Enlightenment
200
Trade network between the colonies, the West Indies, and Great Britain
What is the triangular trade
200
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
What is the Middle Colonies
200
Settled by the Pilgrims. Came to separate from the Church of England.
What is the Plymouth Colony.
300
System in which colonists who paid their way to Virginia received 50 acreas of land.
What is headright
300
Scientists began re-examining the universe
What is the Scientific Revolution
300
Laws that kep colonists from trading specified items with any other country other than Great Britain
What is Navigation Act
300
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
What is the Southern Colonies
300
Settled by William Penn and the Quakers for religious freedom, land, and fair government.
What is the Pennsylvania Colony
400
Movement of thousands of Puritans out of England
What is the Great Migration
400
Colonial inventor and scientists who identified positive and negative charges in electricity
Who is Benjamin Franklin
400
Brutal journey in which Africans were brought across the Atlantic
What is the Middle Passage
400
Lumber, ship building
What is the economy of the New England Colonies
400
Settled by the Puritans who came for religious freedom.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony
500
Opposite of Import. Items purchased to other countries.
What are exports
500
Enlightenment philosopher who believed that people had natural rights.
Who is John Locke
500
Due to the use of plantation, the Southern Colonies relied upon this
What is slavery
500
Agriculture trade in wheat and barley.
What is the economy of the Middle Colonies
500
Settled by Roger Williams. Came for religious disagreements with the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is the Rhode Island Colony