Southern Colonies
Who was at the top of the social hierachy in the Southern colonies?
planters
Who was the most important person in a NE town?
minister
Largest city in the colonies before Revolution?
Philadelphia
What an example of covert resistance by African slaves?
poisoning master food
working slower
faking an injury
destroying tools or materials.
What were the 3 main reasons why Europeans came to America? (3 Gs)
God/ glory/ gold
Name 2 cash crops
What was the name of Europeans settlers who landed in Cape Cod?
pilgrims
Before NY was a British colony, it was a..
Dutch colony
Roughly how many Africans died on the Trans-atlantic slave trade?
2 million/ 20 percent
What is an example of covert resistance from enslaved people?
examples: poisoning food.
destroying materials.
faking an injury/ pretending to be sick
What was the first English permanent settlement?
Jamestown
Which geographical features helped New England Economy
vast forest/ natural harbor
The Mid-atlantic colonies were which type of Colony?
proprietary colonies
What was the purpose of the slave code?
To restrict the movement of black people.
-Avoid a uprising, or rebellion
Why did Martin Luther protest the Catholic church?
What was the name of the system where Britain controlled the economy of the colonies?
mercantilism
What was the town where children began accusing adults of being witches
Salem
In what ways did the Mid Atlantic colonies geography helped their economy?
trade; natural harbor ,
fertile land: farming wheat,
timber: Shipbuilding
What was the name of the rebellion which had Virginia planter elite fearful to lose their control?
What was the group of people who agreed to 7 years without pay in exchange for passage to America?
Indentured servants
What was the name for the unofficial British policy of only very loosely enforcing British laws and rules in the American colonies?
salutary neglect
What was the Dominion of NE
England taking away the colonies charter and unifying the colonies into one super colony.
What was the name of the religious group that made the Pennsylvania colony their home?
Quakers
Which 4 continents were involved with slave trade?
North and South America, Europe, Africa
What was 2 impacts of Europeans moving to America on NA people?
90 percent NA died from exposure to disease.
NA were pushed off their land.