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Colonys
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | Quakers +++. |
| Plymouth | Separatists +++. |
| Massachusetts | Puritans +++. |
| James Town | 1607 Economic Venture by the Virginia Company of London $$$. |
| Roanoke Island | Lost colony Economic Colony $$$. |
| Georgia | Settled by debtors $$$$. |
| 3 Religious Colonies ++++++ | Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Pennsylvania. |
| 3 Economic Colonies $$$$$ | Roanoke, Jamestown, and Georgia. |
| Religious and economic | The reasons why people settle in America from England. |
| Specialization | focusing on one or a few products which cased colonist to be more independent. |
| Interdependence | Two or more people depending on each other for goods and resources. |
| New England Colony | Cold climate with rocky soil. Fishing, whaling and ship building. Town meeting, Church and village was the center of social life. |
| Mid-Atlantic Colony | Live stock and grain/wheat farms.Trading. Moderate climate.Market towns. Diverse religions and people. |
| Southern Colony | |
| Women | Homeworkers, Caretakers,but could not vote. |
| Farmers | Worked the land according on the region and relied on family for labor. |
| Large Land Owners | Lived in the south and were wealthy (used slaves and indentured servants for labor). |
| Enslaved African Americans | Owned by master as property for life and they had no rights. |
| Indentured Servants | A person who agreed to work without wages in exchange for their passage to the colonies. Were free when their contract was up. |
| Artisan | Skilled craftsmen. |
| Free African Amreicans | Were able to own land and had economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend money. |