Exploration
Columbus thought he was landing here in 1492
Asia
First Permanent settlement in the US
Jamestown
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a safe haven for this religious group
Quakers
Name one major difference between the Northern and Southern colonies
Answer Varies
The Great Awakening led to revival of this
Religion in the Colonies
The forced journey of kidnapped Africans to America to be sold into slavery.
This Powhatan Indian helped the people of Jamestown survive and married John Rolfe
Pocahontas
This man introduced "Brown Gold" into Jamestown and saved them from the Starving Time
John Rolfe
Georgia was founded as colony for what purpose?
Laborers who were brought to the new world under the Headright System
Indentured Servants
New Amsterdam
Major religious sect that used America as a place for worship. They were oppressed in Britain for wanting to reform the Church of England
The Puritans
The three natural rights that all men have according to John Locke
Life, Liberty, and Property
Britain's policy of not enforcing the trade restrictions in the Colonies.
Salutary Neglect
This colonial region had the best relationship with the Natives due to it's strong belief in Tolerance
The Middle Colonies
This man emerged as a leader during Jamestown's starving time
John Smith
Native Americans declined in population mostly due to this
New Diseases
The first Representative Government in the US located in Virginia
House of Burgesses
The nickname given to the Middle Colonies because of their large production of wheat
The Breadbasket of America
Name two industries that thrived in the North.
Lumber, Shipbuilding, Fishing
John Locke's ideas influenced this founding father when writing the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Economic Policy used by Great Britain to obtain as much gold and money as possible.
Mercantilism
Native Americans believed land was for...
Communal Use
You might confuse this 1676 rebellion leader with a breakfast food
Nathaniel Bacon
The Southern Colonies were founded for _______ reasons, while the Northern colonies were founded for _________ reasons
Economic, religious
A type of investment scheme where men could buy "Stocks" to fund and share profit in an establishment of a new colony.
Joint-Stock Company
This English sailor discovered New York on behalf of the Dutch.
Henry Hudson
This established a covenant community in Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
The political movement that encouraged using reason and logic to obtain knowledge
The Enlightenment
First notable legislation Britain passed to restrict colonial trade.
The Navigation Acts
True or False: Interactions between European settlers from Great Britain and American Indians in the 1600s were characterized by brief periods of piece followed by violence
True
Believed colonists were sinners that needed to repent for their sins
Jonathan Edwards
The cash crops grown in the US were
______ in MD, VA and NC
_____ & ______ in SC and Georgia
Tobacco, Rice & Indigo
The meaning of "Pennsylvania" in German
Penn's Woods
The definition of Mercantilism
Export more than import to obtain as much money as possible
This is the name of the famous sermon given by Jonathan Edwards.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The journey that kidnapped Africans were forced onto in the Triangular Trade
Middle Passage
A 1675 Native American uprising against colonists. Wampanoag Chief Metacom led the rebellion. His head was displayed in Plymouth for the next 20 years
King Phillip's War
This man proclaimed that Massachusetts Bay should be a "city upon a hill"
John Winthrop