Colonial Regions & People
This region included Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire and had towns like Boston and Salem.
New England
The agreement written and signed by the Pilgrims that described how they would govern themselves after landing at Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
The year the Pilgrims landed and created the Mayflower Compact.
1620
The name for the three-legged trading network connecting Europe, Africa, the West Indies, and the American colonies (includes the Middle Passage).
Triangle Trade (Triangular Trade)
Who was the 6th grade history teacher last year?
Mr. Lycke
He delivered the “City Upon a Hill” sermon and led many Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
The name for a crop grown mainly to sell for profit (e.g., tobacco).
Cash crop
The major New England event in the 1690s that involved accusations, mass hysteria, and executions in Massachusetts Bay.
Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693)
One major good exported from the West Indies to the colonies (often produced on plantations).
Rum or sugar (sugar is a common answer for West Indies)
The movie Black Panther takes place in the fictional African nation of Wakanda. What real continent is Wakanda based on?
Africa
Name the Native American leader who led the Wampanoag in a major 17th-century war against New England colonists (also called King Philip).
Metacom (King Philip)
The term for people who agreed to work for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the colonies.
Indentured servant
In the triangular trade, enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic on a horrific journey called the _______.
Pequot War (1636–1638) — Mystic Massacre
In the triangular trade, enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic on a horrific journey called the _______.
Middle Passage
How many bones are in the adult human body?
206
This English colony, founded in 1607 by the Virginia Company, was the first permanent English settlement in America.
Jamestown (Virginia)
The idea that government should not favor a specific religion; a concept Roger Williams supported.
Separation of Church and State
The 1676 uprising in Virginia between poor farmers and the wealthy elite that helped speed the shift from indentured servants to racial slavery.
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676)
Name two goods listed as being sent from the Thirteen Colonies to Europe on triangular trade routes.
Any two: teas, spices, furniture, cloth, tools (acceptable answers)
Annotate "city upon a hill" for these two terms
American Exceptionalism and Role Model
This Rhode Island founder pushed for separation of church and state and was banished from Massachusetts Bay for his views.
Roger Williams
The system in which people were treated as personal property and bought and sold — became entrenched after Bacon’s Rebellion.
Chattel slavery
Put these years/events in order from earliest to latest: First enslaved Africans arrive in English North America, Salem Witch Trials, Jamestown founded, King Philip’s War. (List the four items in chronological order.)
Jamestown founded (1607);
First enslaved Africans arrive / House of Burgesses created (1619);
Pequot War (1636–1638) — though this is earlier than some listed events;
King Philip’s War (1675–1678);
Bacon’s Rebellion (1676);
Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693).
Explain in one or two sentences why Britain relied on its colonies and how that affected Indigenous peoples and enslaved Africans by 1753. (Short-answer — 2–3 sentences)
Sample answer: Britain relied on its colonies for raw materials and profits from cash crops and trade, which made Britain wealthy and powerful. This reliance led to displacement and suffering for Indigenous peoples and the expansion of chattel slavery for Africans.
The word “democracy” comes from two ancient Greek words meaning “rule by the people.” Which ancient civilization first developed democracy?
Athens