Vocab
A ________________________ is a particular religious group.
Denomination
Indentured servants usually served a term of _______ years.
7
What are the three colonial regions?
New England, Middle, Southern
A ____________________________ is one who agreed to work for a period, usually 7 years, as a servant in America in exchange for passage to the New World
Indentured Servant
The first permanent English settlement in North America was made at _____________________.
Jamestown
A _____________________ is a military force composed mostly of citizen soldiers.
Militia
Who was the first European explorer to enter what is now West Virginia?
John Lederer
Describe the New England colonies
Various answers
What replaced indentured servitude as the main form of labor in early 1700s?
Slavery
A ________________ is when one company has total control over selling something
Monopoly
What conflicts were emerging on the western Virginia frontier?
Natives vs. Settlers, British vs. French
Plantations were common in which colonial region?
Southern
Thomas Shepherd, the settler who acquired the land that would ultimately become Shepherdstown, was from what immigrant group?
German
A ____________________ is the area at the edge of or just beyond a settled area.
Frontier
Describe the Southern colonies
Various answers
Who was western Virginia’s first permanent settler?
Morgan Morgan