Colonization.
The First English
Colonies.
Colonies.
The Thirteen
Colonies.
Colonies.
The Slave Trade.
The French & Indian
War.
War.
100
True or False: Christopher Columbus discovered the New World.
FALSE: The Natives discovered it thousands of years ago.
100
What was the first SUCCESSFUL English colony in North America?
Jamestown.
100
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut & New Hampshire were _____ colonies.
New England.
100
Europeans bought slaves from which part of the world?
Africa.
100
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin.
200
Who was Christopher Columbus?
An Italian sailor/explorer who opened the New World to the Old World.
200
What type of Christians were the Pilgrims?
Puritans.
200
Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania were _____ colonies.
Middle.
200
Slaves were seen as _____ not _____.
Property, not people.
200
What led to the French & Indian War?
Britain and France both wanted control of the Ohio region.
300
What is the New World and the Old World?
New World: North and South America.
Old World: Europe, Asia & Africa.
300
Why were the New England colonies established?
To establish a representative government, to make profit and for religious freedom.
300
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina & Georgia were _____ colonies.
Southern.
300
Why was slavery common in the Southern colonies but not the Middle or New England colonies?
The southern colonies' economy was based on farming cash crops on plantations.
300
Why did the Native Americans mostly ally with France and not Great Britain?
The French just wanted access to the Ohio region to trade, while Britain wanted to settle colonists there.
400
European countries wanted to colonize for what three major reasons?
To make a profit / find resources.
To spread Christianity.
To serve their country.
400
What is a Representative Government?
A government where leaders make laws on behalf of the people who chose them.
400
What are cash crops?
Crops that are raised to be sold, not eaten.
400
What are Slave Codes?
Laws that protect the institution of slavery and denied slaves their rights.
400
The Albany Plan of Union proposed that the colonies should what?
Unite under one single government.
500
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of people, goods, ideas and diseases between the Old and New World.
500
What was the Mayflower Compact?
An agreement made my the Pilgrims to establish a government in the Plymouth Colony.
500
Why did the Southern colonies have so many plantations?
The southern colonies had a warm climate perfect for farming.
500
What were the three steps / stages of Triangular Trade / The Atlantic Slave Trade?
One: Enslaved Africans were brought to the colonies.
Two: Slaves would harvest raw materials.
Three: Materials were sent to Europe to be sold.
500
Why were the colonists so upset after the French & Indian War?
Great Britain wanted the colonists to help pay for the war through taxes.