Slavery
Name two ways white indentured servitude was different than African indentured servitude?
1) Longer years of service
2) African servitude was forced from the start
3) Harsher treatment
This colony led in the production of rice
Carolinas
This crop was vital for most Native American communities in both north and south America
Corn
What were the aims of the French settlements in North America?
Fur trading
How did the goals of founders of Jamestown differ from Plymouth?
Jamestown= gold-wealth- males
Plymouth= strict religious community (theocracy)- wealth- families
Describe the individuals that African kingdoms sold into slavery to Europeans.
Criminals, captives/conquered
George Oglethorpe founded this colony?
Georgia
People from which continent colonized the Americas first?
Asia
Name two ways Native societies differed than Europeans?
1) Gender roles (Women ran farms, owned property, Husbands lived with wife's family)
2) Owning land wasnt a concept for Natives
What was John Smith's importance to Jamestown?
He instituted "no work, no eat" policy, military discipline and leadership
This event could be argued as beginning of Virginia becoming a slave society
Bacon's Rebellion
Who was Roger Williams?
Banished from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island
How did the Columbian Exchange improve European lives?
Healthier foods, Healthier habits
What is a mestizo?
Child of a Spaniard and native American
Who was Anne Hutchinson, what happened to her and why?
Puritan minister in Massachusetts
Banished from Massachusetts
Spoke against the Puritan leadership- held meetings in her house illegally
The slaves were captured and stopped by militia before reaching Spanish Florida
How did William Penn create peace with Native Nations?
1) Controlling settlers ability to buy land by acquiring land from Native Nations first
2) Offering land to Native Nations that have been bullied in other colonies
What is the middle passage?
The second leg of the triangle trade that transported slaves to the Americas
Name two characteristics of Quakers
1) Pacifism
2) Increased opportunities for women (job/church)
3) Religious tolerance
4) Education
This cash crop saved Jamestown....what did this development lead to?
Tobacco
indentured servitude
Name at least three legal changes to early colonial slavery that created the newer slave society
1) life long servitude
2) servitude was passed down to the child
3) Christians can own Christians
4) Could not assemble without a white
5) Could not possess a firearm
6) Could not read or write
What were the navigation acts?
Prevented the colonies from trading with other European nations (Mercantilism)
What was the headright system?
If one could pay for their passage to the colonies they would receive land
This group of Native Americans pulled off a successful revolt against the Spanish?
Pueblo
What defined a "freeman" in Massachusetts?
A male, land owning, Church member