New England Colony
This group sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 and settled at Plymouth.
What were the Pilgrims
Penn’s colony was famous for allowing this practice, which many other colonies restricted.
What is religious freedom or religious tolerance?
In Southern colonial society, this class of people owned vast amounts of land and the majority of enslaved laborers.
Who were the plantation elite (or planters)
the belief that the success through trade for the Colonies should be used to benefit the home country (England
What is Mercantilism
In 1519, this Spanish conquistador landed in Mexico and later overthrew the Aztec Empire.
Who was Hernán Cortés?
This woman was expelled from Massachusetts for her views and later helped found the colony of Portsmouth in Rhode Island.
Who was Anne Hutchinson
When the king gives land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment
What is Proprietary Colony
The expansion of plantations often led to clashes with these groups already living on the land.
Who were Native Americans?
This series of British laws restricted colonial trade by requiring goods to be shipped on British ships and pass through English ports.
What are the Navigation Acts?
This deadly factor brought by Europeans decimated Native populations in the Americas.
What is disease
The dominant religious group in the New England colonies, known for strict moral codes and emphasis on reading the Bible.
What were the Puritans?
This good, along with wheat and corn, was a major export from the Middle Colonies.
What is rye (or barley, oats, or other grains)?
This crop became Virginia’s leading export by the mid-1600s.
What is tobacco?
This triangular network of trade routes connected the colonies, the Caribbean (or West Indies), and Europe (or Africa).
What is the Triangular Trade?
Spain claimed large territories in the New World, including modern-day Mexico and this region in the southwestern U.S.
What is New Spain (or the Spanish Southwest)?
This name refers to goods being transported between New England, the Caribbean (or Africa), and Europe.
What is Triangular Trade?
These two cities in the Middle Colonies grew into major ports and trade centers.
What are New York City and Philadelphia?
This colony was established in 1733 by James Oglethorpe as a buffer colony and a place for debtors.
What is Georgia?
What were the requirements to vote
What is a White, Christian male property owners aged 21
In 1540, this explorer led an expedition north into what is now the southwestern United States in search of “Seven Cities of Gold.”
Who was Francisco Vázquez de Coronado?
This colony was founded in 1636 by Thomas Hooker after he disagreed with Puritan leadership in Massachusetts.
What is Connecticut?
This language, besides English, was commonly heard in parts of the Middle Colonies due to immigrant populations.
What is German (or Dutch)?
In Virginia, this assembly (first convened in 1619) was one of the earliest representative legislative bodies in the colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses
This “rebellion” in Virginia (1676) involved colonists rising up against colonial officials, partly over trade and political grievances.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
These Spanish religious communities were built to convert and govern Native people, often alongside presidios (forts)
What are missions?