New England Colonies
The people who live in the New England Colonies
Puritans, and Pilgrims
The people who live in the Middle Colonies
quakers and people from all over Europe
The people who live in the Southern Colonies
debtors, slaves, Anglicans and Catholics
Difference between separation or powers, and checks and balances
Separation of powers splits power between 3 branches of government to eliminate tyranny, and checks and balances made sure no one was getting to much power or doing something unfair.
The process of the colonies shipping in slaves from Africa, and sometimes bringing spices from the Caribbean’s with them.
Triangular Trade/Trans-atlantic slave trade
The climate of the New England Colonies
long cold winters, rocky soil, and forests.
Major Export of the Middle Colonies
Grain/Bread
The climate of the southern Colonies
fertile soil, long growing season, mild climate
3 g‘s of exploration
Gold, Glory, God
The four government documents/institutions in the colonies
Mayflower Compact, Act of Toleration, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, House of Burgesses
The colonies located in the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
The colonies located in the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania
The colonies located in the Southern Colonies
Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and South Carolina
The difference between Great Awakening and Enlightenment
great awakening was a religious revival, and enlightenment was a scientific revolution
Difference between slaves and indentured servants
slaves had no rights and were viewed as non human while indentured servants were people shipped to work for money.
Jobs in New England colonies
shipbuilders, whalers, and fishermen
The founder of Pennsylvania who was a quaker
William Penn
First permanent settlement of the Colonists
Jamestown, Virginia
3 important enlightenment thinkers and what they created
Ben Franklin-Poor Richard’s Almanack/was a scientist, John Locke-Social Contract and Inalienable rights, Baron De Montesquieu-Separation of powers and Checks and Balances
England (the mother colony) taxing the colonies, by making them send raw goods over, and the navigation acts banning trade with other countries.
mercantilism
The four colony founders, and the colony names.
John Winthrop (Mass. Bay), Thomas Hooker (Connecticut), Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson (Rhode Island)
New York’s Original name, and New York city’s
New Netherlands and New Amsterdam
The reason why the Georgia colony was founded
They put debtors in the South as a buffer to Spanish Florida
2 important people from the great awakening and what they did
Goerge Whitefield-preacher and Jonathan Edwards-also preacher who made the speech “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God”
Difference between tidewater and backcountry living
tidewater are colonies near the Water/coast, and backcountry are closer to the mountains, where indentured servants lived