Colonies
Describe the New England Colonies
economics: Lumber , whaling , fishing , and ship building
Geography: Rocky soil and cold weather , small farms and short growing seasons
Established by Puritans
_____ is when the colonies make money for the mother country
What is mercantilism?
a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s.
What is the First Great Awakening?
island colonies in the West Indies.
What is British West Indies?
Describe the Southwest colonies
Lived in villages with farming as their source of food , included Apache , Hopi , Navajo , Pueblo and Zuni.
Describe the Chesapeake Colonies ( Middle Colonies)
Economic : agriculture ; grew tobacco ;relied on indentured servants , and African slaves
The colonies: Maryland , Virginia
Geography: mild climate and good soil , moderate growing season
There is diversity
__________ involves the conservative Christians
What is Protestant Evangelicalism?
an uprising of most of the indigenous people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México,
What is Pueblo Revolt?
a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and is bordered by Virginia to the north.
What is North Carolina?
Describe the South Atlantic Colonies
Describe the Southern Colonies
Economic: staple crops , sugar and slave labor
Africans made up a majority of the population in some areas
Geography: Short winters , long summers , fertile soil
_______ Culture that involved communication between the old world and the new world
What is Trans-Atlantic Print Culture?
an armed conflict in 1675–1678 between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies.
What is Metacom's War/ King Philip's War?
English Protestants who sought to purify the Church of England of Roman Catholic practices
What is Puritans?
What did the British / European migrants focus on?
focused mostly on the northern aspect of the Atlantic coast.
Name 4 of the New England Colonies
Massachusetts , Connecticut , Rhode Island , New Hampshire
______ is the process of converting anything to more English norms
What is Anglicization?
the conquest of Spanish and Portuguese colonies in the Western Hemisphere in the mid-17th century
What is French and Dutch Expansion?
an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth
What is Christianity?
What was the voyage like during the Atlantic Slave Trade(Enslaved/ Free Africans)?
It was cramped with a bunch of slaves stacked on each other. People died of diseases on the way to the Americas. They couldn't use the restroom ,so enslaved Africans urinated on themselves.
Name 4 of the Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania , New York , New Jersey , Delaware
______ intellectual movement in which ideas concerning god, reason, nature, and humanity were synthesized into a worldview
What is European Enlightenment?
sometimes been succinctly summed up as "gold, glory, God."
What is the Spanish Expansion?
a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, especially those indigenous to what is now the continental US.
What is American Indians?
Bonus Question* Why were Spanish explorers drawn to the Americas?
They were drawn to the Americas because of rumors of lots of land filled with gold and silver.