8th S.S. EQ- Unit 1{colonization} Flashcards
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What was Spain’s reason for establishing colonies in the Americas?
To Spread Catholic relgion
$$$$$
Power
What was the primary economic activity of France in NA
fur trade
What was the Columbian exchange
transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
Explain the reason God people would want to colonize NA
Spread Christian (Protestant) religion (social)
Explain the reason Glory people would want to colonize NA
Expand empire- fly flag around the world (political)
Explain the reason Gold people would want to colonize NA
Bring Wealth to the mother country (economic)
What is Mercantilism
By using raw materials of the colony and converting them into finished goods to export, the mother country could increase wealth from trade profits
Significance of Jamestown
1st permanent English settlement in NA
When was Jamestown Established
Why?
1607
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John Smith’s contributions to Jamestown
1609, he helped colony from starving time, succeed by forcing settlers to work hard for food and built a fort.
“He who shall not work shall not eat.”
also arranged trade with Powhatan
John Rolfe’s COntributions to Jamestown
introduced tobacco to the colony and England (which made $$$$).
By marrying Pocahontas, he made an alliance with the natives
Why were enslaved Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619
bc of lack of indentured servants, they provided labor for tobacco plantations
Identify the Virginia House of Burgesses and explain its significance
1st representative govt. in colonies.
It allows colonists to elect representatives to govern.
Elected by white land-owning men who met once a year to make laws+ decisions for Virginia
Maryland Founder/reason
Lord Baltimore- a refuge for English Catholics
Toleration Act
Made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.
1st law supporting religious tolerance in colonies
Georgia Founder/ reasons (2)
James Oglethorpe
colony for debtors to have a new start
shield other British colonies from Spanish Florida
Southern Colonies Soil and Climate
Climate- Mild
(year-round growing season)
Soil- fertile soil
Type of Agriculture (including major crops) in the South
Plantations growing tobacco, rice, and indigo (cash crops)
Importance of/ dependence on slavery in South
Plantation economy.
40% of the population of Africans
Pilgrims: WHY did they come to America?
Religious Freedom/ Persecuted by Church of England
Where did the Pilgrims settle
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Mayflower compact/ When, why, significance?
1620, to establish order
One of the 1st attempts at self govt. in colonies (majority rules)
Puritans: Why did they come to America?
To purify the Church of England
Where did Puritans Settle?
Who was leader
Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
Great Migration def.
religious, economic, and political problems that led to the mass # of English people moving to NA from 1629 to 1640
Role of Religion in govt. in Puritan Mass.
Only male members of the church could vote or hold office,
laws were based on the bible.