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OC Mrs. Robert CH 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First permanent English settlement in America | Jamestown |
| Three reasons the population of Jamestown plummeted during the "starving time" | famine, disease, harch winter weather |
| Group who helped the Jamestown colonists survive | Powhatan Confederacy |
| Ways the Powhatan helped the Jamestown colonists | Brought them food and taught them how to grow crops like corn |
| An important member of the Powhatan who helped foster peace between the Indians and Jamestown colonists | Pocahontas |
| Early strong leader of Jamestown | John Smith |
| Domesticated tobacco for economic prosperity (also married Pocahontas) | John Rolfe |
| Joint-stock company that funded Jamestown settlement | London Company |
| System that rewarded settlers who paid their way to the colonies with 50 acres of land, and 50 more for each additional person brought to the colony | Headright System |
| Two reasons for English settlement in America | economic gain (trade) and religious freedom |
| This colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics | Maryland |
| This person founded Maryland and was responsible for the Toleration Act of 1649 | Lord Baltimore II |
| The Maryland Toleration Act granted religious freedom to these people | All Christians in Maryland (with the hope of protecting Catholics) |
| The significance of the Toleration Act of 1649 | Symbolized the American value of protecting individual freedoms |
| The reason Virginia colonists decided to use slave labor | There were not enough indentured servants to work the land |
| Large plantations and some small farms were found in this group of colonies | Southern colonies |
| These were laws designed to keep slaves under control | Slave codes |
| This was the reason cash crops were grown | To make money |
| Three main cash crops of the southern colonies | Tobacco, rice, indigo |
| These people were also called Separatists, and left England to find religious freedom in the colonies | Pilgrims |
| This document was an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies | Mayflower Compact |
| This man is sometimes called "the father of American democracy" | Thomas Hooker |
| This person angered Puritan church leaders and posed a threat to their authority by discussing her religious views in the community | Anne Hutchinson |
| This was the main reason New England colonists wanted their children to learn to read | So they could read the Bible |
| Of the three groups of colonies, people in this group were the most literate (could read and write) | New England colonies |
| The economy of the New England colonies was based largely on this | manufacturing |
| Shipbuilding was an important part of the New England economy because there was an abundance of this | Forests that provided wood to meet the demand for merchant and slave ships |
| Of the southern or New England colonies, this group had better conditions for farming | Southern colonies |
| This group of colonies was known for its diversity, religious toleration and generous land grants | Middle colonies |
| This was the type of crops grown in the middle colonies | Staple crops |
| These are examples of staple crops | Wheat, oats, barley |
| This group made up the majority of laborers in the middle colonies | Indentured servants |
| This was the main objective (goal) of the English Bill of Rights | To limit the power of the English king (monarch) |
| This was the significance of the English Bill of Rights | It influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution |
| This was the practice of European countries (such as England) carefully controlling trade in their colonies | Mercantilism |
| This is what colonial traders did to avoid paying taxes on their products | Started smuggling illegal products and trading with the West Indies |
| This was a religious movement that united the colonists and had effects on colonial religion, society, and politics | The Great Awakening |
| This country fought the British in the French and Indian War | France |
| This country gained Canada and all lands east of the Mississippi at the end of the French and Indian War | England |
| This was the reason Parliament began to tax the colonies after the French and Indian War | England was in debt and was looking for ways to raise money |
| This is a method the colonists used to protest taxes in which they stopped buying British products | Boycott |
| This was the protest cry of the colonists who were angry about taxes | "No Taxation without Representation!" |
| This Act was the first time the colonists were taxed directly on products they used | Stamp Act |
| This event was started by a argument between a British soldier and colonist, in which the soldier ended up hitting the colonist | Boston Massacre |
| This event was significant because it showed how unhappy colonists were with British laws | Boston Tea Party |
| Because tensions were getting so high with angry colonists, Parliament decided to repeal (end) almost all of these acts | Townshend Acts |
| These are some examples of products taxed under the Townshend Acts | Glass, paint, lead, paper, tea |
| This is the name colonists used to describe the Coersive Acts | "Intolerable Acts" |
| These are three effects of the Coersive Acts on Massachusetts | The Boston Harbor was closed; its charter was cancelled; the governor was replaced and had to approve when the legislature could meet |
| This movement of the 1700s spread the idea that reason and logic could be used to improve society | The Enlightenment |
| This secret society often terrorized tax collectors, using methods such as tarring and feathering | Sons of Liberty |
| This man was an important colonial figure who believed Parliament should not tax the colonists without their permission | Samuel Adams |
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