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Early Colonies ICT
Geography, Jamestown, Plymouth, 13 colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Great Plains | Flat, grassy area in the central U.S. Contains substantial farmland. |
| Mississippi River | Major and largest river system of North America that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico. |
| Appalachian Mountains | First barrier to settlement encountered by the English settlers. It is a large chain of mountains in the eastern United States. |
| Rocky Mountains | A great series of mountain ranges in the western United States and Canada. |
| Atlantic Ocean | Ocean system located along the eastern border of the United States/North America |
| Pacific Ocean | Ocean system located along the western border of the United States/North America |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in America. It was founded in 1607 for the purpose of finding gold but was never found. Jamestown became successful because of their cash crop, tobacco. |
| Plymouth | Colony founded by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower searching for religious freedom. Located in New England. |
| Mayflower Compact | a legal document created by the Pilgrim to govern their new colonies. Self-government and voting were used in decision making. |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | First elected representative assembly in Virginia; made laws by representative democracy. |
| Democracy | A system of government in which all people are involved in the political process, usually through voting |
| Natural Resource | Materials grown in or found in nature, that can be used for economic gain (examples: lumber, oil, coal) |
| Self-government | The right of people to rule themselves independently |
| Popular Sovereignty | A belief that ultimate power resides in the people (people have the power!) |
| Proclamation of 1763 | A rule from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east. |
| Mercantilism | Economic theory that included the belief that a country's wealth and power depended upon the amount of colonies it controlled and the amount of raw materials it was able to get. |
| Triangle Trade | A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa |
| Albany Plan of Union | Ben Franklin's plan to unite the colonies under one government to defeat France. |
| Salutary Neglect | Great Britain's policy toward the colonies; ignoring the colonies and not strictly enforcing the laws. (allows the colonies to create self-government) |
| French and Indian War | Conflict between France and Great Britain and its colonies over land in the Ohio Valley. Ultimately, Great Britain will need to raise funds to pay off the war and this will lead to increase taxes. |
| Middle Passage | the route in between the western ports of Africa to the Caribbean and southern U.S. that carried the slave trade |
| Anne Hutchinson | Puritan spiritual leader in 17th-century Massachusetts who challenged the authority of the clergy and advocated for religious freedom, leading to her banishment from the colony |
| John Winthrop | Puritan lawyer and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, known for envisioning the colony as a "city upon a hill" serving as a model Christian community |
| New England Town Meetings | local gatherings where community members directly participated in governing by debating and voting on laws, budgets, and local issues |
| Fundamental Orders of CT | The first written constitution in America, establishing a representative government based on the consent of the governed in a New England colony. |
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