Colonial America
The name of the journey that African enslaved people were subjected to in order to come to the New World
The Middle Passage
What is an economy?
An area of production, distribution or trade
The Southern Colonies economy focused on the growing of:
Cash Crops such as Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo and Rice
The name of the wealthiest European family of the 16th century
the Fuggers
The Puritans wanted to:
A. force the church to live a simple lifestyle and treat everybody as equals
B. to purify the Church and simplify the Church’s ceremonies and ranks of authority
C. start a business venture by sending the poor to work off their debts
B. to purify the Church and simplify the Church’s ceremonies and ranks of authority
The first democratic document in America that was signed by all white men
The Mayflower Compact
William Penn was a part of which religious group?
The Quakers who were known as the Society of Friends focused on being peaceful and accepting all religions (religious tolerance)
A New Settlement by a country
Colony
Jamestown Colony was located in which modern day state?
Virginia
A relaxed policy by Britain that left the colonists to create their own form of government
Salutary Neglect
What did the Enlightenment allow people to do?
To think critically, scientifically and philosophically/enabled people to Invent items to explore the world
The New England Colonies economy focused on (Name 1):
Timber, Whaling, Fishing, importing and exporting of goods/supplies
What Europeans called the Americas
The New World
What was the name of the ocean crossing that brought Africans to the Americas?
The Middle Passage
What does it mean to be democratic?
ruled by the people; citizens elect representatives to make and carry out votes
Who cultivated tobacco in the Jamestown Colony with Pocohantas?
John Rolfe
Give one impact of Columbus’ encounter with the indigenous people of Haiti
Enslavement, Near Genocide, forced conversion to Christianity
a person who borrowed money to come to the colonies and had to work to pay off their debt
Indentured Servant
Who were the Quakers?
a religious group that believed in the equal treatment of everybody and in living a simple life
What is a Social Contract?
an agreement among people to cooperate for mutual benefits
What are Cash Crops?
a crop produced for its commercial Value rather than for use by the grower.
Example: Tobacco, Rice, Grain, Indigo, Coffee
The South had Plantations, Plantations are:
Large estates that grow cash crops such as tobacco that house the Laborers who work on the fields
was an unofficial policy that allowed the colonists to be responsible to form their own government and own protection.
Salutary Neglect
The Colonies were organized into 3 sets of Colonies, New England Colonies was the name of the first. Name the other two.
The Middle Colonies and The Southern Colonies