General
Under this system, colonies sent raw materials to Britain and bought finished goods in return.
Mercantilism
This region’s economy centered on trade, shipping, and small businesses.
The Middle Colonies
This document was an early example of colonial self-government among the Pilgrims.
The Mayflower Compact
The waterway between West Africa and the Colonies is commonly called what?
The Middle Passage
This ideal is the reason that people came to New England (and can still be found written in our Constitution!)
Freedom of Religion
These three continents were involved in the trans-Atlantic trade system.
Europe, Africa, and North America
This region was known for rocky soil, small farms, and town-based communities.
New England Colonies
This was Virginia’s elected assembly (one of the first elected assembly's in America!)
A system that brought millions of Africans to the Americas against their will.
Transatlantic Slave Trade
A reform movement that sought to “revive” colonial churches and emphasize personal faith.
The Great Awakening
Name TWO of the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Name one popular product sent from the Americas to Europe (a few possible answers)
Tobacco, sugar, timber, rice, indigo, fur
This period or practice allowed colonists to practice self-rule with little British interference.
Salutary Neglect
This region relied most heavily on enslaved labor for its economy.
The Southern Colonies
This traveling preacher helped spread the Great Awakening through emotional sermons across many colonies.
George Whitefield
Name TWO of the Southern Colonies
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Who did Pocahontas marry when she was 17 years old?
John Rolfe
A rebellion in Virginia that reflected tensions between frontier settlers and colonial government.
Bacon's Rebellion
Three major African American contributions in the colonial era.
Architecture, agriculture, and foodways
King Henry VIII created the Church of England (Anglicans) because the Pope wouldn't allow him to do what?
Divorce his wife (because she couldn't produce him a male heir)
Name TWO of the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
John Rolfe is credited with the development of this important cash crop.
Tobacco
This colony was created in part to act as a buffer between the British and Spanish in Florida.
Georgia
Name TWO crops that were brought to the colonies by enslaved Africans
Okra, watermelon, sweet potatoes
This religious group wanted to create a “city upon a hill,” believing themselves to be the purest of society.
(Also they did the Salem Witch Trials, so...)
The Puritans