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13 Colonies Test
13 Colonies Test Study Stack for Studying
Question | Answer |
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What was the first colonial settlement | Roanoke Colony |
What was the first permanent and successful English settlement | Jamestown |
What colony started began a form of self government | Jamestown |
Early form of representative government | House of Burgesses |
Religious groups called sepratists | Pilgrims |
rules the Pilgrims created for the colony, created fair laws for all members of the colony | Mayflower Compact |
The wanted to purify the church of england | Puritans |
New England colonies | New Hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island |
Middle Colonies | New York, New jersey, pennsylvania, delaware |
Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia |
Triangular Trade | The pattern of trade that developed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. |
Middle Passage | The horrific journey slaves were forced to take after being taken/kidnapped from Africa and taken to America |
Mercantilism | The belief that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country. |
Navigation Acts | all goods must be carried on English ships, all goods had to be taxed by England then sold to the colonies. |
Plantations | the place where farming was done in the southern colonies |
Cash Crops | Crops that are sold for a huge profit |
Toleration | the acceptance of people from different places with different religious beliefs. |
The new england colonies | fished and whaled |
subsistence farming | when you grow enough food to feed your families and maybe even help feed other families |
Southern colonies had a | hot humid climate |
The southern colonies had | the most slaves |
The soil in the southern colonies was | the most rich |
Breadbasket colonies | Middle colonies |
Diverse region | settlers from many countries settled in the middle colonies |
Middle colonies grew | wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn |