13 colonies Flashcards
Most people enslaved in African society had been what?
Captured in war
The Renaissance was what?
Renewed interest in ancient Greece and Rome.
One of the first crops that Native Americans grew to make bread was what?
Corn, maize.
Which country financed Columbus’s voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?
Spain
The Treaty of Tordesillas confirmed what?
Spain’s claims to the new land in America.
What major advantage did the Spanish have over the Native Americans in Mexico?
Guns
What product did the Jamestown colony produce and sell to England for a profit?
Tobacco
Along with religious persecution, the Puritans immigrated to America to escape what?
Depression and wool industry
After the Restoration, the English government began to view the colonies as what?
A source of raw materials.
In this colony, poor imprisoned people could start over.
Georgia
The Puritans believed that each congregation should what?
Elect their ministers
What were the causes of Jamestown’s early troubles?
Swampy land, they did not cultivate crops, and the gentlemen refused to work.
What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
The system of government
In the early 1700s, the size of plantations grew as wealthier planters in Virginia and Maryland switched to what?
Switched from indentured servants to slave labor.
Bacon’s Rebellion convinced many wealthy planters that the best way to keep Virginian society stable was to what?
To have land available in the backcountry.
