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How long was the African slave trade in use prior to the first slaves at Jamestown?
100 Years
The first English colony in the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.
Jamestown
The middle colonies were settled by who?
THE DUTCH
The colonists who landed at Plymouth Colony sailed on the:
Mayflower
Columbus sailed on these three ships.
Nina, Pinta, and the Santa-Maria
Bacon's rebellion was significant because:
It was the first time the poor successfully protested taxation on the continent.
Pocahontas was the favorite daughter of the chief of what tribe?
Powhatan
The main difference between the New England colonies and the Middle colonies is that the New England were established for religion, while the Middle were established for _______.
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This person missed out on the awesome opportunity to name a town after himself... and he established Boston.
John Winthrop
The Americas were named after this man.
Amerigo Vespucci
This southern colony was started as a place to send English prisoners and debtors:
Georgia
This was the first representative government in the colonies.
House of Burgesses
This company was formed by the Dutch and influenced a large number of immigrants to come to the New World because of the profits it was producing.
Dutch West India Co.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson did what in order to prevent religion from becoming too corrupt in Rhode Island?
Separated Church and State
Christopher Columbus went west in search of:
China and India
The journey African slaves took to the west.
The Middle Passage
This man was the founder of The Roanoke Colony, or mystery in history.
Sir Walter Raleigh
The Dutch had no _____ factors at home.
Push
Pequot
Christopher Columbus went west in order to combat the spread of:
Islam
According to the lecture, Europeans believed that during Columbus' time in the Age of Discovery, the colonies would supply gold, Indian slaves, and:
Sugar
Southern Colonies were the answer to these three English problems:
Growing Population
Growing Poverty
Stagnant Economy
Pennsylvania is established by _______ ______.
William Penn.
The Europeans in New England forced Native Americans into these to convert them.
Praying towns
Over the next 300 years the minerals and agriculture from the New World helped finance European expansion in:
Commerce
Technology
Military Power