Colonies and People
The first permanent English colony in America (1607)
What is Jamestown?
A crop grown to sell for money (like tobacco or rice).
What is a cash crop?
This 1754–1763 war was fought between Britain and France over land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
English settlers who came on the Mayflower seeking religious freedom.
Who are the Pilgrims?
System where colonies existed to make the “mother country” rich.
What is mercantilism?
A settlement controlled by another country.
Colony
Religious group that wanted to “purify” the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans?
These are natural resources like lumber and cotton.
What are raw materials?
This valuable farming product saved Jamestown from collapse.
What is tobacco?
This “Lost Colony” mysteriously disappeared in the late 1500s
What is Roanoke?
These are finished products made from raw materials, like clothing or tools.
What are manufactured goods?
The Pilgrims signed this agreement to govern themselves by majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A person who worked a set number of years to pay off their trip to the colonies.
What is an indentured servant?
This Native American helped the Pilgrims learn how to plant crops and survive.
Who is Squanto?
Early Jamestown had very strict rules called these
What are the Laws Divine, Moral, and Martial?