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Roanoke disappeared. They didn't have enough supplies so John White left for England. When he returned 3 years later, the settlement was gone. No one knows what happened to it.
Question 3: What happened to Roanoke? Why did it fail?
Long growing seasons; mostly agricultural (farming) communities
Grew cash crops like tobacco, indigo, and rice
Relied on slave labor
Question 9: Southern Colonies
governor
Legislature
Courts
Elected officials to make laws
Question 16: What are 4 similarities between colonial governments and governments today?
Known as the "breadbasket" due to the staple crops of wheat, oats, and barley grown here.
Very diverse (different); welcomed many countries and religions
Religious toleration (acceptance)
Question 9: Middle Colonies
The Middle Passage was the journey of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean to North America. Conditions were cramped, smelly, unhealthy, and deadly.
Question 15: What was the Middle Passage? Describe conditions on the Middle Passage.
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
New England Colonies
To leave one country for another
Question 1: Define emigrate
An agreement signed by the Pilgrims and Strangers to work together to create and obey laws in the New World.
Question 7: What was the Mayflower Compact?
Quakers were very tolerant. They accepted all religions into their colony and treated everyone equally.
Question 10: Describe how the Quakers were different from other religious settlers.
People were looking for a scapegoat (someone to blame) for events like smallpox and poor harvests that happened. Twenty (20) people were executed and no real witches were found.
Question 8: Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur? What were the results of the events?
He was a writer/printer, inventor/scientist, and a Founding Father.
Question 11: Who was Benjamin Franklin? What were three of his achievements?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
Southern Colonies
Get land, more freedom (religious), and wealth
Question 2: What were 3 reasons why people emigrated to the New World?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
Middle Colonies
John Smith left, food was not stored, Native Americans were attacking, and supply ships didn't arrive.
Question 5: What were 3 events that led to the "Starving Time" at Jamestown?
Purpose: Control trade with colonies
Laws: • trade only with the British
• Only use British ships
Question 12: What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts? What were some of the laws?
John Smith: made people work and traded with Native Americans
Pocahontas: brought supplies to the colonists
Chief Powhatan: Traded with the colonists
John Rolfe: Learned how to plant tobacco to sell in Europe
Question 4: Who helped Jamestown survive? Name at least 2 people and how they helped.
Pilgrims were seeking religious freedom. Pilgrims are on a journey with a religious purpose.
Question 6: Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? Why were they called Pilgrims?
Navigation Acts were not like and often were not followed. Some colonists began to smuggle - trade illegally.
Question 13: Were the Navigation Acts followed? Explain.
He was an editor that was sued for criticizing the governor and found not guilty - freedom of the press.
Question 17: Who was John Peter Zenger?
Shipbuilding and fishing were the major part of the economy
Trading centers for shipping and trade
Thin, rocky soil and long winters
Question 9: New England Colonies
This part of the world traded manufactured goods
Question 14: Europe
The House of Burgesses was the first representative government in the New World. Colonists would vote for their representatives who would then create the laws for their community. The king and Parliament had the power to reject laws passed in the colonies.
Question 18: What role did colonists have in creating laws? Who had the power to reject the laws in the colonies?
This part of the world traded slaves
Question 14: Africa
This part of the world traded raw materials
Question 14: North America