Native Americans
These crops were known as the three sisters.
Women have no voice here. Only men who are church members?
What are the New England Colonies?
This type of agricultural good was not needed in any of the colonies nor back in England; however, the colonizers exploited it for its needless value.
What is a cash crop?
This is the first house of elected officials in the American Colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This group settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who are the Puritans?
The Mississippian society at Cahokia was best know for this characteristic.
What is trade?
Roughly 2/3 of the population of Jamestown died from this affliction.
What is disease?
This system helped England thin out their overpopulated country, as well as setting up wealthy citizens in the new world with acreage.
What is the headright system?
A foundational set of laws which all agree to live by. All other laws would be based off of this foundation.
What is a Constitution?
This group settled in the middle colonies and were ruled by Lord Baltimore
Who are the Catholics?
Many Native American tribes followed women as their heads of the family as well as their government.
What is matriarchal?
This event was the uprising of indentured servants to fight back against the gentry to whom they were subjected.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Bacon's rebellion helped end this system.
What is an indentured servant?
The witch hunts of 1692 helped to form a more perfect judicial system later in American history. What fueled the hunts within Salem's judicial system?
What is religious extremism?
This religious group were the main inhabitants of Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers?
These Native American societies fought over hunting grounds, so they had more inventory to trade in the Beaver Wars.
Who are the Huron and Algonquin vs the Iroquois Confederacy?
This war was fought over Natives encroaching on private land.
What is King Philip's war?
Southern English colonies were known for what agricultural goods?
What is Indigo, rice, or sugar?
This person, through their policy of religious tolerance, founded the city of brotherly love, Philos (love) adelphos (brother).
Who is William Penn?
Spaniards tried this tactic on the Native Americans.
What is conversion?
This treaty put an end to King Philip's War.
What is the treaty of Casco Bay?
This group of armed slaves rebelled in 1739 killing more than 20 white settlers as they headed south to Spanish Florida.
What is the Stono Rebellion
Tariffs and sabotage of other nation's voyages are examples of what during the colonial era?
What is mercantilism
The Mayflower compact is an example of what?
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a sole proprietorship. He promoted all to come and live in his colony, so long as you were Christian.
What is Religious Tolerance?