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
What two European Immigrant groups were common in WV?
Scots-Irish and Germans
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
Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle was an explorer from which country?
France
The first permanent English settlement in North America was made at _____________________.
Jamestown
Why did so many Germans leave Germany to move to North America?
Long periods of warfare and religious persecution.
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
Which explorers found tree markings, M.A.N.I. and MA.NI, carved into trees in Monroe County during their expedition?
Thomas Batts and Robert Fallum
Describe the Southern colonies
Various answers
Who was western Virginia’s first permanent settler?
Morgan Morgan