Groups in Colonial
What period is considered the colonial period in America?
1600 - 1763
What is the term for someone who works in return for someone paying for their voyage?
Indentured servant
Which colonies relied on the ocean?
The New England colonies
Colonists recruited middle-class and convicted criminals.
England
Who were the primary countries fighting in the French and Indian War?
France and Britain
What rights did women have during this time?
They had no rights and had to get married.
Where did shipbuilding and fishing take place?
The New England colonies
The land was ____________ to farm in the New England colonies.
Difficult
Gained riches and control of southern and southwestern regions
Spain
What area did the colonists want in the disputed land?
Ohio River Valley
Africans kept their traditions alive through things like ________.
Music
The weather in New England was
Harsh
Who had limited rights in the Southern colonies?
Enslaved people
These colonies only allowed the Catholic belief to be practiced.
Frances and Spanish
Washington and his troops were surrounded at ___________.
Fort Necessity, Pennsylvania
What age are children considered adults during colonial times?
14
Who was brought to the colonies against their will?
Enslaved people
Which colonies relied on Farming and raising livestock
Middle colonies
Allow local governments and representative assemblies to set up and tax themselves.
England
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris
What did Native Americans trade with Europeans?
Furs, food, and information
Where did slavery begin in North America?
Jamestown, Virginia
Which colonies relied on the Enslaved people
Southern colonies
No political rights or representative government.
Frances
Who would be responsible for paying the Great Debt?
The American British Colonies