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North American Colon
U.S Constitution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What did the Spanish come to the new world for? | Gold , Glory , God |
| Who are the Conquistadors | Spanish Conquerors |
| What does Conquistadors mean | Spanish for Conquerors |
| What happened In 1608 | The First French colony was established in Quebec |
| What was the French Interested in | Fur-Trade |
| New England | Massachusetts |
| The Middle | Pennsylvania |
| Southern | Virginia , South Carolina |
| What did the British Adopt | Policy of Salutary Neglect |
| What was the Salutary Neglect | It left the colony's alone to govern themselves |
| Who developed the political power | Colonial Legislatures |
| Where is the House if Burgesesses | Virginia |
| What did all the colony's do | They all built their own government |
| Where is the Southern colony's | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Who was in charge of the Joint Stock Company | Investors who hoped to make money off the Product and raw materials |
| What are Indentures Servants | People who could not afford to come to the colonies on their own. Also worked for the land owners |
| Where did the Early Plantation owners have their Plantations, and why | Near the Major Rivers so they can be directly shipped |
| What was not developed | Commerce Centers |
| Southern class Distinctions | Rich land owners , poor farmers , slaves |
| What is the Act of Toleration | Promoted Lord Baltimore, Protect the rights of the Catholics from Persecution by Maryland puritans |
| Who was the most Religious | New England |
| Why did the first settlers in New England come to the New colonies | Religious Reasons for themselves, Not for Religious freedom for other religious Groups |
| Who was persecuting the Puritans | The English |
| What did the Puritans want | They wanted to establish a community built on Pure Biblical Teaching |
| What did the Puritans want to build | The city on the hill |
| What was the Mayflower compact for | Was written to guarantee religious freedom and self government |
| What was the Massachusetts Bay colony | It was a group of Puritans that developed a colony farther north |
| Where were Puritans Only found | In New England |
| what is the triangle Trade | Where they traded good from different country's |
| What did Boston become | they became the leading commercial center |
| who was the first to promote Public education | the Puritans |
| the Middles colonys was | They were the most culturally diverse , the most religiously tolerant |
| where were the Quaker found | In Pennsylvania |