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Colonial America
What I Need To Know For My Colonial America Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what items traveled from the americas to europe? | fish, lumber, tobacco |
| what items traveled from europe to africa? | iron products, cloth, trinketts, guns |
| what items traveled from africa to the americas? | slaves, rum, gold |
| what is the route from which boats bringing slaves from africa would take called? | the middle passage |
| location of jamestown | virginia |
| date jamestown was founded | 1607 |
| purpose of jamestown | make money for the virginia company |
| location of new england | northern colonies |
| date new england was founded | 1620-1630 |
| purpose of new england | religious freedom |
| what were the goals of the mayflower compact | for the government to receive power from the people of the colony |
| what was new amsterdam renamed to be when taken over by the english | new york |
| who controlled new amsterdam before the english took over | dutch |
| how did new england make money | farming |
| what religions lived in new england | puritans |
| what was new england known for | shipbuilding, port cities, religious freedom |
| what was new england weather like | temperate: longer cold seasons |
| what were ports used for in new england | shipbuilding, fishing, farming |
| what colonies existed in new england | massachusetts, new hampshire, rhode island, connecticut |
| how did the middle colonies make money | farming |
| what religions lived in the middle colonies | quakers, anglicans |
| what were the middle colonies known for | farming, trade by water |
| what was the middle colonies weather like | temperate |
| what were ports used for in the middle colonies | trade |
| what colonies existed in the middle colonies | new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania |
| how did the southern colonies make money | farming |
| what religions lived in the southern colonies | anglicans |
| what were the southern colonies known for | trade, farming |
| what was the southern colonies weather like | temperate |
| what were ports used for in the southern colonies | trading, slavery |
| what colonies existed in the southern colonies | maryland, north caroline, south carolina, georgia, virginia |
| which european countries claimed land | france, britain, sweden, spain, dutch |
| who created the mayflower comppact | 41 pilgrims (men) |
| what was the maryland act of tolerance | the freedom of worship for all catholics |
| what did the maryland act of tolerance spark | the beginning of religious freedom |
| what is the triangle trade | the trade between the americas europe and africa |
| where is john smith from | jamestown |
| what is john smiths famous quote | "he who does not work, will not eat" |
| which tribe was pocahontas associated with | the powhatans |
| which colony was cheif powhatan associated with | jamestown/virginia |
| which colony was john winthrop associated with | massachusetts |
| describe john winthrops city on a hill quote | he talks about how people should look up to them like you would look up a hill |
| push factors | things to make people leave |
| pull factors | things to make people come |
| debtor | someone in debt |
| plantation | somewhere where you grow crops |
| quakers | religion, believed in equality for all, and all possessed "inner light" |
| cash crop | crops grown for profit |