Motives & Ideas
These “Three G’s” were the main goals of Europeans exploring the New World
What are Gold, God, and Glory?
This was the economic system where colonies provided raw materials to England and received finished goods in return
What is mercantilism?
Anne Frank’s diary from the Holocaust
What is a primary source?
This war was fought between Britain and France over territory in North America
What is the French & Indian War?
The colony of Virginia was located in this colonial region
What is the Southern Colonies?
This political philosopher believed in natural rights like liberty and equality, influencing the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
Until 1763, colonists enjoyed this “hands-off” approach to self-rule
What is salutary neglect?
A historian’s book on the life of Harriet Tubman
What is a secondary source?
He proposed the Albany Plan of Union to unite the colonies for defense
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island made up this region
What is New England?
This 18th-century intellectual movement encouraged the use of logic and reason to improve society
What is the Enlightenment?
The economy of the Southern colonies was based on these crops, grown on large plantations
What are cash crops like tobacco, rice, and indigo?
The Declaration of Independence
What is a primary source?
This 1763 rebellion was led by a Native leader who attacked British forts
What is Pontiac’s Rebellion?
Pennsylvania and New York were part of this colonial region
What is the Middle Colonies?
This widespread religious movement questioned slavery and urged Christians to repent
What is the Great Awakening?
This trade system linked the colonies, England, and Africa, including the transport of enslaved people
What is the Triangular Trade?
A documentary about famous inventions
What is a secondary source?
After Britain’s victory in 1763, this royal decree banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This region’s geography included rocky soil and cold winters, making large-scale farming difficult
What is New England?
Compare the goals of the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment—what did they have in common, and how did they differ?
Both challenged traditional authority and encouraged new thinking; the Great Awakening was religious/moral, while the Enlightenment was scientific/political.
Compare one similarity and one difference between the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies
Similarity: all relied on trade; Differences: New England focused on shipping/fishing, Middle on grains, Southern on plantations/cash crops.
A newspaper published the day after the Emancipation Proclamation was given—why is it considered a primary source?
Because it was created at the time of the event, offering firsthand evidence.
Why did Pontiac’s Rebellion and the Proclamation of 1763 anger colonists, and how did they connect to Britain’s new policies?
Colonists felt restricted from land they fought for, and Britain’s new taxes/controls (after war costs) increased tensions.
How did geography shape the economies of the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies differently?
New England: trade/shipbuilding (poor soil), Middle: farming and commerce (fertile land, rivers), Southern: plantation agriculture (warm climate, fertile soil).