Colonies
Name the 3 colonial Regions
New England
Middle
Southern
Who held the power in the colonies?
White, wealthy, land owning men
What is the main difference between Indentured Servants and Slaves?
Indentured was tempoarary
Slavery was forever
What was the route that slaves took to America called?
Middle Passage
What was the economy of each region based on?
New England-Shipbuilding, Trade, Small Farms
Middle-Mixed-Shipbuilding, Trade, Bigger Cash Crop Farms.
Southern- Agriculture/Farming, Plantations
Which group of people did not have power in colonies?
not including Enslaved, Indigenous, and Indentured Servants.
Women
What court case made slavery permanent in the colonies?
John Punch
The trade between colonies, Africa, and Europe was called?
Triangle Trade
What region was created for religious freedom?
New England
What are the main two differences between the New England and Southern region?
New England- Economy based on trade/shipbuilding & few slaves
Southern- Economy based on agriculture/farming & alot of slaves.
What happened to the 3 white men and 1 black escaped indentured servant in the John Punch case?
White men had 3 years added service
Black man had service made permanent
What was the Middle Passage like for enslaved individuals?
Brutal
Which region was created for economic reasons?
Southern
The John Punch case gave power to who and took power from who?
Gave to white people
Took from black people
What was the main reason the colonist wanted to switch from Indentured Servants to Enslaved People?
ID Servants had to kept being retrained, not enough, felt bad treated white people as ID servants.
Why were there more slaves in the southern colonies?
The economy was dependent on farming/agriculture
What was it called when the colonies sent resources to England and England sent manufactured goods to the colonies
Mercantilism
What else gave you power other than wealth and land?
Religion
What was the most important part of the triangle trade called? Why?
Middle Passage, because slavery was used to get the resources.