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Colonial Life
Unit 1 Colonization & Colonization Life VUS.2-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What religious group settled in the New England Colonies? | Puritans |
| What are the 4 New England colonies? | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | An agreement signed aboard the Mayflower by male Puritans that established the first self-government plan in the English colonies |
| Why did the Puritans come to the New World? | Seeking freedom from religious persecution |
| What is a covenant community? | a society based on religious values |
| What type of government did the Puritans use in New England | Direct Democracy |
| Where did Puritans practice Direct Democracy? | Town Meetings |
| What 3 European groups settled in the Middle Colonies? | English, Dutch, German |
| What were English noblemen who were granted large tracts of land in Virginia called? | Cavaliers |
| Where in Virginia did many poor Englishmen settle? | Shenandoah Valley |
| What is an indentured servant | Colonist who agreed to work for a master for 4-7 years in exchange for payment of their passage to America |
| Where was the first permanent English settlement in North America? | Jamestown in 1607 |
| What was the first elected assembly (lawmaking body) in the New World? | Virginia House of Burgesses |
| What became the name of the House of Burgesses after colonial independence? | Virginia General Assembly |
| What regions of the New World did the Spanish explore and settle | Caribbean Sea, Central and South America |
| How did colonization affect Native Americans? | Disease and loss of land |
| What major idea did Native Americans and European colonists disagree over? | Land ownership |
| Why did the French colonize in the New World? | Fish, Fur and Northwest Passage |
| What were the 3 regions of English settlement along the Atlantic coast? | New England, Middle, and Southern colonies |
| What was the economic basis of the New England colonies? | Subsistence farming, lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, trade |
| What was the economic basis of the Middle Colonies? | small scale farming, shipbuilding, trade |
| What was the economic basis of the tidewater region of the Southern Colonies? | Cash crop plantation farming |
| What were the 3 cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies | Tobacco, Rice, Indigo |
| What was the economic basis of the Appalachian region of the southern colonies? | subsistence farming, hunting, trade |
| What were the 4 Middle Colonies? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
| What were the two important seaport trade centers in the Middle Colonies? | New York, Philadelphia |
| Where and when did the African slaves arrive in colonial America? | Jamestown in 1619 |
| What was the voyage of slaves from Africa to America called? | The Middle Passage |
| What 2 types of labor systems did Southern plantations use? | indentured servants, African slaves |
| What New England religion was intolerant of all other religions | Puritan |
| What colony was founded by religious dissenters fleeing Puritan Massachusetts? | Rhode Island |
| Which colony was settled by Quakers? | Pennsylvania |
| Which colony was settled by Presbyterians? | New Jersey |
| Which colony was settled by Huguenots and Jews? | New York |
| Which colony was settled by Catholics seeking refuge? | Maryland |
| What formed the basis of the social structure in the Southern Colonies? | Family status and land ownership |
| Who dominated the colonial government and society in the Southern Colonies? | Large landowners (Planter Elites) |
| What religious movement swept Europe and the American colonies during the mid-1700s? | The Great Awakening |
| What 2 Protestant denominations grew rapidly in the American colonies as a result of religious revivals during the Great Awakening? | Methodists, Baptists |
| What joint-stock company was responsible for the settlement at Jamestown | The Virginia Company of London |
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