Important People
He developed the idea that all men were entitled to the rights of life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
Name the group of people who arrived in what is today Massachusetts in 1620 on board the Mayflower.
Separatists, Pilgrims
Those who settled Massachusetts and New England came to escape religious persecution. As a result, today we enjoy Freedom of ...
Religion
This was the name given to the Africa to America leg of triangular trade.
Middle Passage
This island is representative of a location where slaves may have been first loaded onto slave ships bound for America.
Goree Island
He theorized the Social Contract - governments ruled with the consent of the people in the country.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
The Great Awakening occurred as a result of many people's belief that colonists had grown too distant from...
Religion or Church
Created in 1620, this document was created by the Separatists, guaranteeing their right to self government.
Mayflower Compact
In 1619 the first enslaved Africans would arrive in what is today the United States. Name the location.
Jamestown, Virginia
In what colonial region were cash crops grown
Southern Colonies
He gave us the separation of powers - the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches of government.
Montesquieu
George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards are credited with spreading the teachings of this religious revival in America.
Great Awakening
This was a period of time when men came to the belief that by observing and reasoning they could influence the world around them
The Enlightenment
This economic theory that claimed countries would become powerful through the accumulation of gold and silver along with developing colonies.
Mercantilism
Name the country where the largest numbers of enslaved Africans were taken during the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Brazil
His account of the middle passage has given us the clearest explanation of the horrors of the trip.
Occurring on September 9, 1739, this was the first major slave revolt in the American colonies.
Stono Rebellion
America's Declaration of Independence, which outlines our natural rights was most influenced by this Enlightenment philosopher. Name him.
John Locke
Name ONE restriction placed on enslaved Africans as part of the Negro Act, which came as a result of the Stono Rebellion.
they could not... be taught to read and write, gather in groups, grow their own food, earn their own money
The southern colonies relied heavily on enslaved workers due to the growing of cash crops. Name ONE cash crop.
tobacco, indigo, rice, sugar, cotton
He believed that people were naturally wicked and selfish and therefore a powerful government was needed to control them.
Thomas Hobbes
Occurring in the winter of 1692-1693, this event in Massachusetts led to an hysteria which may have influenced the American court system to focus its attention on the need for solid evidence in trials.
Salem Witch Trials
This trial of the 1700's established freedom of the press and the idea that the press could repost so long as the truth was being told.
Zenger Trial
St. Augustine Florida was the location of the first African slaves in America. What nation brought them there?
Spain
What mountain range made up the western boundary of the American colonies?
Appalachian Mountains