Enlightenment thinkers.
This English philosopher is known as the "Father of Liberalism" and argued that people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke.
This port city in Pennsylvania became one of the largest and most important colonial cities by the 1700s.
What is Philadelphia.
This colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 after arriving on the Mayflower.
What is Massachusetts.
This cash crop became the economic foundation of Virginia and was famously promoted by John Rolfe.
What is Tobacco.
This was the name for the brutal journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage.
This English philosopher, known for his 1651 work "Leviathan," believed that without a strong central authority, life would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
Who is Thomas Hobbes.
The Middle Colonies were known for this type of diversity, which made them culturally distinct from the New England and Southern Colonies.
What is ethnic and religious diversity
This New England colony was founded by Roger Williams and became known for its strong support of religious freedom.
What is Rhode Island.
The plantation system in the Southern Colonies relied heavily on this type of labor.
What is enslaved labor.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade was part of this larger trading system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas.
What is the triangular trade
Born in 1643, this colonial jurist and clergyman argued for more moderate treatment of Quakers and against religious persecution in the colonies.
Who is William Penn
Known as the “breadbasket colonies,” the Middle Colonies earned this nickname due to their production of this key crop.
What is wheat.
This document, signed aboard a ship, was the first example of self-government in the New England Colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia was sparked by settlers’ frustrations over Native American attacks and government inaction.
What is Bacon’s rebellion.
Most enslaved Africans were taken to this region of the Americas, where sugar plantations were common.
What is the Caribbean.
He served as a colonial governor of Rhode Island and was an early advocate for religious freedom and separation of church and state.
Who is Roger Williams.
This religious group, known for pacifism and equality, played a major role in the founding and governance of Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers?
The economy of the New England Colonies was based on fishing, shipbuilding, and this type of small-scale agriculture.
What is subsistence farming.
This labor system was used before slavery became dominant, where poor Europeans worked for passage to the colonies.
What is indentured servitude.
The slave trade was officially outlawed by this country in 1807, though illegal trading continued afterward.
What is Great Britain.
This Enlightenment thinker believed in the social contract and wrote The Social Contract, arguing that the general will should guide the state.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Many German-speaking immigrants, often called this, settled in Pennsylvania and brought farming skills and craftsmanship to the region.
Who are the Pennsylvania Dutch?
This religious group dominated the social and political life of the New England Colonies, especially in Massachusetts Bay.
Who are the Puritans.
This Southern Colony was originally founded as a buffer against Spanish Florida and as a place for debtors to start over.
What is Georgia.
European traders exchanged these types of goods for enslaved people in Africa.
What are guns, textiles, and manufactured goods?