Module 3 Flashcards
What was the first attempt at an English Colony?
Roanoke
What happened to the first attempt at an English Colony?
No one knows; they disappeared
What was the first permanent English Colony?
Jamestown, VA.
Why did Jamestown almost fail?
Land was swampy, no drinking water.
Settlers looked for gold, no skills to survive.
Bad native American relationships.
What helped Jamestown prosper? (What saved it?)
The tobacco cash crop.
Who brought the cash crop to Jamestown?
John Rolfe
What is a joint stock company and what’s its propose?
Method to finance a colony by raising money from multiple investors.
What was Bacon’s rebellion?
An uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against Jamestown
Why was Bacon’s rebellion important?
It proved settlers would continue to push west and that people had expectations for the gov’t to protect them.
Who were the puritans?
Protestants who wanted to change the church of England
Who were the separatists?
Protestants who wanted to leave and form their own church (pilgrims)
Who settled the Plymouth colony?
Pilgrims (separatists)
What was the Mayflower Compact?
Plan for law and order in Plymouth, MA that outlined a representative gov’t and majority rules (some democracy)
What was the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
A settlement begun by Puritans
Who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The Puritans
What was life like in the Massachusetts Bay Colony? (Social characteristic)
Lack of Tolerance
What was the Great Migration?
The movement of 15,000 Puritans to New England, (MA Bay Colony)
Why did many people leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Lack of Tolerance
What colonies were formed because people left the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Rhode Island (Roger Williams), Connecticut (Thomas Hooker)
What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
A written form of Government that allowed more voting rights and a representative gov’t
Why was education important in New England?
Kids were taught to read and write so they could read the Bible
What were pacifists?
People who refuse to fight or use force
What were examples of pacifists?
The Quakers
What colonial region did the Quakers live in?
Middle colonies, Pennsylvania
Who was the leader of Pennsylvania?
William Penn (a pacifist)
What was a main settlement of Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia
What states made up the New England colonies?
MA, CT, RI, NH
What was the Economic base of New England?
Subsistence Farming
What states made up the Middle colonies?
NY, NJ, DE, PA
What was the Economic base of the Middle colonies?
Wheat/Grain farming (Breadbasket)
What states made up the Southern colonies
MD, VA, NC, SC, GA
What was the Economic base of the Southern colonies?
Cash Crop Plantation Farming
What was the importance of the Navigation Acts?
They were trade laws to help the British control and benefit from trade with the colonies
What was the role of men in the colonies?
Heads of household
What was the role of women in the colonies?
Rare to own property (Possible), no woman could vote or speak at town meetings
What was the role of children in the colonies?
Helped parents with household tasks, some boys became apprentices.
Why was slave trade important in the south?
Used for labor for plantations
How did the triangular trade relate to the slave trade?
The middle Leg of the trade route was the Middle Passage
What was the Middle Passage?
A horrific journey of slaves form Africa to the Americas
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
A suggestion for the Colonies to unite under one government to protect themselves from war with France, was regected at first
Who was the French and Indian War between?
British & French and their Native American Allies
What larger conflict was the French and Indian War a part of?
7 years war
What were the results of the French and Indian War?
France loses, colonists feel proud & United, Britain is in big debt
What was the Pontiac’s rebellion?
Uprising led by a Native American (Pontiac) who saw British settlers (colonists) as a threat to their way of life
What was the importance of the John Peter Zenger Trial?
Created freedom of the press
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A law banning the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?
They were very angry and felt they had lost their rights as Englishmen
What colonial region is Jamestown in?
Virginia, Southern Colonies
What is Jamestown’s social characteristic?
Some religious tolerance, Act of toleration (MD) Catholics, protestants, slavery is part of life, more money.
What is Jamestown’s political characteristic?
Self government, Virginia house of Burgesses
What is Jamestown’s economic characteristic?
Cash crop farming tobacco, plantations used slave labor
What colonial region is Plymouth in?
Massachusetts, New England
What is Plymouth’s social characteristic?
Religious freedom
What is Plymouth’s political characteristic?
Wrote Mayflower Compact (Self gov’t)
What is Plymouth’s economic characteristic?
Learned how to farm from Squanto and Sanoset (Subsistence Farming)
What colonial region is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
New England, Boston, Salem
What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies social characteristic?
Lack of tolerance
What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies political characteristic?
Elected assembly
What is Massachusetts Bay Colonies economic characteristic?
Substance farming
What colonial region is Philadelphia?
Middle Colonies, Pennsylvania
What is Philadelphia’s social characteristic?
Diversity, tolerance
What is the New England Colonies economic characteristics?
Ship building, trade, subsistance farming
What is Philadelphia’s political characteristic?
Self government
What is Philadelphia’s economic characteristic?
Farming, wheat, grain (breadbasket)
Specific examples about Plymouth.
New England, MA,
founded in 1620 by English settlers known as Separatists (pilgrims),
PLYMOUTH=SEPARATISTS
on board the Mayflower
came for religious freedom
wrote the Mayflower Compact (Self Gov’t)
Learned how to form from Squanto and Sanoset (Subsistence Farming)
eventually absorbed in to MA Bay Colony and life was strict with Lack of Tolerance
