Terms
People
Laws
Colonies
Very Early America
A little of this
100
nickname for the middle colonies
bread basket
100
wrote the declaration of independence
Jefferson
100
in 1620 Pilgrims pledged to obey just laws and accept majority rule
Mayflower Compact
100
first colonies founded in 1607
Jamestown
100
Known for their irrigation systems; living in caves, under cliffs in multi-stored buildings
Who are the Pueblos?
100
Tribe that supported the British in the French and Indian War?
Great Britain
200
new compass and other discoveries, in this period of European history was an impetus for colonization
Renaissance
200
founded Maryland
Lord Baltimore
200
series of laws designed to hep colonial ships, trading with GB and British West Indies
Navigation Acts
200
first colony founded for religious freedom
Rhode Island
200
resisted the encomienda system
Who is Bartolomé de las Casas?
200
To what meeting does this refer?
What is the Albany Plan for Union?
300
economic policy with colonies, favorable balance of trade and a strong army and navy
mercantilism
300
practical minded leader of Jamestown
John Smith
300
religious freedom to all Christians 1649
Maryland Toleration Act
300
colony where the Salem Witch trials were held
What is Mass Bay?
300
term: a transfer of plants, animals and germs from one side of the Atlantic to the other
what is the Colombian Exchange?
300
Term; Corn, pole beans, and squash (including pumpkins) are three New World crops that complement the needs of one another both in the garden and in the nutritional content of a meal
Three Sister Farming:
400
term: winter of 1607-1608
What is the starving time
400
leader of Quakers
William Penn
400
first written constitution in colonies
Fundamental Orders of CT
400
colonies followed the ways of English aristocrat
What are the Southern colonies
400
treaty which divided the Americas between Spain and Portugal
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas?
500
under which trade regulations for the colonies were laxly enforced and imperial supervision of internal colonial affairs was loose
salutary neglect
500
theocratic leader in Mass Bay
Cotton Mather or Johnathan Edwards
500
first direct internal tax levied on the colonies 1765
Stamp Act
500
Name two of the three iporant events which took place in 1619?
formation of the House of Burgesses; arrival of women and first slaves arrive
500
A successful Indian uprising of most of the indigenous people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe ,present day New Mexico.
What is Pope's Rebellion?