Colonial Era Flashcards
Middle colonies: Quakers/ Penn, Ben Franklin
Penn believed that if you gave friendship, you got it back. Quakers: form of Christianity
Ben Franklin: born in middle colonies, helped establish the respect for the middle colonies
Southern colonies: tobacco, slave labor, Pocahontas/ John smith
Tobacco: planted as much as possible
Slave labor: plantations needed people to work so they bought slaves
Pocahontas: supplied colonists w food, helped Jamestown survive
Southwestern colonies: Catholic missions, Spanish conquistadors
Catholic mission: Catholic missionaries from Spain came to attempt to spread the religion
Spanish conquistadors: came to mesoamerica to find gold, God and glory
New England colonies: religion and economy
Puritans: religion, believed that the god singled out people for salvation, saved were saints
Economy: farming,loaned animals, family ate crops