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Unit 3 ddriskill
8th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mayflower Compact | Written by Pilgrims in 1620 - started the idea of self-government |
| New England Colonies | Rocky soil, swift rivers, cold climate, dense forests |
| Southern Colonies | Warm climate, long growing season, cash crop farming, fertile soil, Plantations that grew tobacco, slaves |
| House of Burgesses | First representative government in the colonies, gave colonists a voice by being able to vote for representatives to make laws for them. |
| Plymouth, Massachusetts | Pilgrims settled this town for religious freedom |
| Jamestown, Virginia | First successful English settlement in North America - 1607 - started to make a profit through tobacco |
| Reasons for French exploration of North America | Settled along the rivers for fur trapping and trade |
| Salutary Neglect | A period where England left the colonies alone to govern themselves because of the distance across the ocean |
| Transatlantic Slave Trade | Slaves were forced to North America on this system |
| Colonists living near the coast | Most colonists lived near water areas or the coast because of fertile soil and water needs |
| African slaves | Were sold to southern plantation owners because of the need for labor in the tobacco fields in the south |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses | Started the idea of self government |
| Gold, God, Glory | Spanish reasons for coming to North America - a chance to find wealth, build an empire, and Christianize the Indians |
| Maryland | Colony started by the Catholics for Religious Freedom |
| Town Hall Meetings | Helped start representative/self-government - allowed colonists to discuss the needs of the community and vote for representatives |