Northern Colonies
The British had a square green in the center of their towns. What was located in the center of their towns?
churches, business, etc. their was a concentration of civic and commercial life at their centers.
This was the name of the colonial legislature in Virginia.
The House of Burgesses
By 1700's, their were many Atlantic World Commerce Routes. What were some (three) of those items traded?
Manufactured goods, Tobacco, fur, indigo, navel supplies, rice, meat, corn, rum, gold, slaves
What was one consequence of the French and Indian War?
The British taxed the American colonies for the expenses that occurred in the French and Indian War. The first time they were taxed.
Which colonizers had the strictest racial categorization? (French, English, or Spanish)
English
Who was the first governor of the Massachusetts Charter?
Slave labor was typically used in what economic/geographic setting?
large plantations in the south.
By 1690, what kind of labor was no longer being used in Colonial America?
indentured servants
Prior to the Revolutionary War, the Americans had conflicts with whom...
The British government with stricter controls on them, Colonial Governments, Native Americans, and Slaves
What was the first Native American Confederation? This nation is also famous for inventing the game of Lacrosse.
The Iroquois Nation
This minister was kicked out of the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he did not believe it was their duty to convert Native Americans and went to live near the Narraganset.
Roger Williams
The most profitable crop in the Southern colonies was...
tobacco
How were indentured servants different from slaves?
They were freed at the end of their term while slaves were never freed.
To ward off British control, the colonial government tried to create a strong central government. How did the British government respond?
They would increase control on their trade, tax more, and attempt to keep the colonies from working together.
The Fist Spanish settlement in the Americans were where?
Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico
The northern colonies came to America in search for religious freedom. Who were they?
The Puritans
Between 1600 to 1700 how did the slave system of the 18th century in British North America change?
Slaves owners gained increased legal power over their slaves.
Types of Colonies: Which colonies had the ability to self-govern. They could chose their own governor, elect to their own legislatures, etc. (Corporate Charters, Royal Colonies, Proprietary Colonies)
Either Corporate Charters or Proprietary Colonies
This Virginian colonists revolted against the government of Jamestown because his followers felt that the government was not protecting them enough against the attacks from Native Americans.
Nathanial Bacon
The largest Native American civilization similar to Mexica was...
The Cahokia
She believed that people could be saved by faith alone and did not need the colonial government interpreting the Bible for them. She was an antinomian.
Anne Hutchinson
This was a retaliation by Native Americans in the Spanish colonies. They burned images of the holy Christ, saints, anything symbolic to Christianity.
The Pueblo Revolt.
What type of government did the American colonies borrow?
English - republic, democracy, two- house legislatures
This was a revolt in South Carolina. The slaves were heading to Florida to a settlement where freed slaves resided.
The Stono Revolt
The name of the Native Americans that the Pilgrims meet at Plymouth Rock were...
The Wampanoag