American History 101- Lecture 2

Question 1

What crops made the Southern Colonies known & valued?

Answer 1

Tobacco, Rice, and Sugar

Question 2

What coastal towns grew in 1700s?

Answer 2

Charleston, SC, savannah, GA, etc.

Question 3

Who settled in the growing coastal towns?

Answer 3

Merchants and planter elite

Question 4

Why were the early years of the southern colonies extremely rough for them?

Answer 4

Trouble growing food, exposed to diseases, etc. (THERE WAS A HIGH MORTALITY RATE)

Question 5

What type of people did Southern Colonies attract?

Answer 5

1. Adventurers
2. Hands-on Investors
3. People who had MONEY and wanted a fresh start
4. Convicts & poor
5. Military men

Question 6

What were the Colonial Labor Systems? (3 parts)

Answer 6

1. Free Wage Labor (meaning you have the freedom to communicate properly and make choices regarding your jobs and job-based factors)
2. Indentured Servitude (most common type of worker)
3. Chattel Slavery (movable property/slaves)

Question 7

Explain what Indentured Servitude is.

Answer 7

• Temporary (4-7 years)
• Workers had some legal rights
• Could gain freedom & sometimes land/money
• Mostly poor Europeans
• Harsh conditions, but not lifelong

Question 8

Explain what Chattel Slavery is.

Answer 8

• Lifelong & hereditary
• Enslaved people were property with no rights
• No chance for freedom
• Mostly Africans, forced into labor
• Became the dominant labor system in the South

Question 8

What were the first 2 Northern (New England) Colonies?

Answer 8

Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay - Pilgrims 1620, Puritans 1630

Question 9

What defined the Pilgrims (1620) and Puritans (1630) when they created the Northern Colonies?

Answer 9

Their religious and community impulses/sense of close community & creation of communities.

Question 10

What type of rules were there in the Northern Colonies regarding wealth?

Answer 10

RELIGIOUS Rules/Restrictions

Question 11

Some Defining Characteristics of the Northern Colonies (New England)

Answer 11

1. Religion
2. Gender Balance, population growth
3. Self-Sufficient Communities

Question 12

What were the MIDDLE Colonies composed of?

Answer 12

Pennsylvania, Dutch New Netherland (Later New York), New Jersey, and Delaware

Question 13

What were some Characteristics of the Middle Colonies

Answer 13

1. Commercially Oriented, but also religious
2. Religiously-tolerant
3. Diverse Population
4. Fertile Soil/agriculture
5. Growing Economy
6. Diverse Geography (rivers, soil, etc).