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13 Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Roanoke | 1585/ Sir Walter Raleigh/ expand territory/gold |
| Jamestown | 1607/ The Virginia Company/ led by Capt. John Smith/ tobacco made it first permanent settlement |
| Plymouth | 1620 pilgrims (separatists) rel. freedom from Church of England |
| First Forms of Self - Government | Jamestown: House of Burgesses/ Plymouth: Mayflower Compact |
| House of Burgesses | representative gov.: first form of government in which voters elect people to make laws/ first legislature |
| Mayflower Compact | called for "just and equal laws" officeholders elected by adult males -first doc. in which American colonists claimed the right for self gov. |
| New England Colonies | Massachusetts/ New Hampshire/ Rhode Island/ Connecticut |
| Middle Colonies | New York/ Delaware/ New Jersey/ Pennsylvania |
| Southern Colonies | Virginia/ North Carolina/South Carolina/ Maryland/ Georgia |
| New England Geography | hills/ low mountains/ forests/ rocky soil/ coasts |
| Middle Geography | warmer than NE/ longer growing season/ fertile soil/ lots of rivers (good for trade) |
| Southern Geography | large coastal area (Tidewater)/ flat land/ swamps/ hot and humid |
| New England Economy | fishing/ ship-building/ lumbering/ fur-trading/ metal-working |
| Middle Economy | farmers grew wheat (America's Breadbasket)/ fruit/vegetable farms (small) |
| Southern Economy | tobacco/rice/cotton plantations/ plantations = slavery |
| Bacon's Rebellion | a revolt by settlers directed at more protection by colonial gov. from Native attacks |
| Puritans | a strict religious group that wanted to reform, not separate from, the Church of England |
| Quakers | a religious group that believed all people are equal in spiritual matters (even women and children) |
| Great Awakening | period of religious revival, began as a reaction against what some Christians saw as a decline of religious zeal in the colonies/ led to rise of new churches (Methodists, Baptists, etc.) |
| Indentured Servants | temporary, could leave after terms were over/ led to use of slavery |
| Slaves | enslaved African Americans imported from Africa by the Middle Passage to work the plantations/ permanent/ led to racism |
| Racism | the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another |
| Middle Passage | brutal voyage transporting slaves across the Atlantic Ocean |
| Mercantilism | the purpose of the colonies was to supply their "mother country" with raw materials |
| French and Indian War | Britain and France competed for control of North America/ most Natives Americans fought with French/ George Washington led Virginia militia |
| Albany Congress & Plan of Union | attempt for the colonies to cooperate in defense against French Benjamin Franklin suggested the unison of colonies in the "Join or Die" comic |
| Treaty of Paris | signed in 1763/ France ceded French Canada and all territory east of Miss. to Britain/ Spanish Florida went to Britain/ Spain received New Orleans, all French territory west of Miss./ led to colonists' and Native Americans' conflict |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Britain banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Economic Reasons to Move to America | riches, natural resources |
| Political Reasons to Move to America | discontent w/ old gov, desired start new gov. |
| Social Reasons to Move to America | gain higher status |
| Religious Reasons to Move to America | desired rel. freedom |
| Cash Crops | crops grown in large quantities to make money |
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