Economy
What crop formed the economic backbone of the Chesapeake and North Carolina colonies?
Tobacco
This colony was founded by William Penn and was considered a religiously tolerant middle colony
Pennsylvania
Colony intended for Catholics founded by Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Great Britain
A European-introduced disease that devastated indigenous populations in the Americas
smallpox
A transatlantic system where goods, enslaved Africans, and commodities were exchanged between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Triangular Trade
The region of colonies in the northeast
New England
This group colonized the Americas to gain wealth and spread Christianity
Spanish
What 4 countries colonized the Americas?
England, Spanish, Dutch, French
A Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia.
Pocahontas
Which crop was predominantly grown in the plantation economies of the Southern Atlantic and British West Indies?
Sugar
Which colony was originally settled by the Puritans, who held the first Thanksgiving?
Massachusetts
Religious settlers in New England who created close-knit communities centered on family farms and town meetings
Puritans
The first representative assembly in the American colonies, established in Virginia in 1619.
House of Burgesses
Which geographic feature formed the official western boundary of the 13 colonies
Appalachian Mountains
A key economic activity for the French and Dutch in North America, involving alliances with Native Americans
This colony was founded 1732 as a planned refuge for England's "worthy poor" and people imprisoned for debt
Georgia
This group of people first settled in Pennsylvania. They had no official ministers and practiced silent worship. They were also the first group in the colonies to condemn slavery.
Quakers
Before stepping off their ship in 1620, the Pilgrims signed this, creating a basic system of self-government for the Plymouth Colony.
Mayflower Compact
Workers who agreed to labor for a set number of years in exchange for passage to the Americas, later replaced largely by enslaved labor
Indentured Servants
An economic concept designed to make colonies provide raw materials and serve as markets for British goods
Mercantilism
The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in Virginia and thriving on tobacco cultivation.
Jamestown (1607)
Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts for his "dangerous opinions" on religious tolerance. He went on to found this colony on the principle of religious freedom
Rhode Island
British laws designed to enforce mercantilism by controlling colonial trade and ensuring profits flowed back to Britain
Navigation Acts
This system was a forced labor system established by the Spanish in the American during the 16th century
Encomienda System