Colonization Flashcards

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Tobacco, Rice, and Indigo were important economic products of this region

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Southern Colonies

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Fishing, whaling, rum, and shipbuilding were important economic products of this region

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New England Colonies

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Wheat, livestock,iron, fishing, fur, and Shipbuilding were important economic products of this region

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Middle Colonies

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The year Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in America, was founded

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1607

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A period in which tens of thousands of Puritans came to Massachusetts.

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The Great Migration

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A time period in which preachers traveled through the colonies holding revivals (sermons) to get colonist back involved in the church. Increased religious tolerance and democratic practices

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The Great Awakening

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Religious Freedom, Political Freedom, Social, and Economic

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Reasons for Colonization

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First elected assembly in the colonies, model for our U.S. Congress, other colonies set up similar representative bodies

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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Signed in 1620. Established self-government and the principle of majority rule that we still use today

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Mayflower Compact

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Example of local government that got its start with democratic practices in churches.

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Town Meetings

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Signed in 1215, was the first time more power was granted to the people through their representative assembly. King's power was also limited and required Kings to follow English Law

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Magna Carta

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Granted more power to representative assemblies and stated that only these elected asslemblies could create tax laws. Also guaranteed rights to English Citizens. Our Bill of Rights is similar.

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English Bill of Rights

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Court case during colonial times that showed the importance of “Freedom of Speech”, an idea that became protected under our First Amendment

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Case of John Peter Zenger

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This document was the first written constitution in America and was a model for our U.S. Constitution

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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A economic policy that states a country grows strong by expanding trade, increasing gold supply, and exporting more than importing.

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Mercantilism

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Restricted free enterprise in the colonies, Colonists were only allowed to trade with England, colonists had to pay taxes on goods were all parts of this economic policy

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The Navigation Acts

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A person who worked for a set time period with little or no pay in exchange for passage to America

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Indentured Servant

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Economic idea that grew in Amercia through private ownership of land, ability to make money, with little interference of the English government

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Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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Route in which raw materials were shipped from the colonies to England, finished goods were shipped to the Colonies and Africa, African slaves were shipped to the colonies.

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Triangular Trade Route

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Portion of the Triangular Trade Route in which slaves were shipped to the colonies. African slaves were transported in horrendous conditions and many of them did not survive this journey

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The Middle Passage

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A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to serve them in government and grew throughout the colonies as colonists wanted to participate in government decisions

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Republicanism, Representative Democracy, Representative Government.

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Person who saved the settlement of Jamestown by putting in place his "Work or Starve" rule.

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John Smith

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Region in which children attended the first public schools.

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New England Colonies

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Regions in which there existed very few schools and wealthy families hired private tutors or sent children to private schools

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Middle and Southern Colonies

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A mild climate, rich soil, and a long growing season allowed for this type of economy

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Argricultural

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Type of labor traded on the Triangular Trade during the Middle Passage that was mainly used to work on Plantations and farms in the Southern Colonies

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Slave

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Colony founded by James Oglethorpe as haven for English debtors and poor. Bordered Spanish Florida

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Georgia

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Colony once was a part of Pennsylvania

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Deleware

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Colony founded by William Penn for the Quakers, believed in religious tolerance and treating Native Americans fairly.

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Pennsylvania

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Colony once owned by The Netherlands, renamed once it became an English colony. Economy based on the fur trade.

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New York

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Colony that was once part of New York

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New Jersey

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Original Puritan Colony that had no religious tolerance. Government and Church were very tied together. Founded for religious freedom

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Massachusetts

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Colony founded by Thomas Hooker after leaving Massachusetts. This colony had more religious freedom, and separation of church and state, and first written constitution in America

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Connecticut

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Founded by Roger Williams after being kicked out of Massachusetts. Believed in separation of church and state and more religious freedom

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Rhode Island

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Trade was important to this region due to the cold climate and poor soil

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New England Colonies

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First English colony in America, founded by Sir Walter Raleigh for economic reasons

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Virginia

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Colony that later split into two, founded by 8 Lord Propriertors for economic reasons

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North and South Carolina

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Founded by Lord Calvert as a haven for English Catholics, tolerated other Christian religions.

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Maryland

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The border that forms the eastern edge of the 13 colonies

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Atlantic Ocean

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Lack of food, shelter, participation of colonists, swampy location, & disease, caused a low survival rate for this settlement

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Jamestown

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House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, participation in church, and Town Meetings all encouraged the growth of this type of government

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Representative Democracy, Representative Government, or Republicanism

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Increased production of this crop led to Indians lose more land, increase in large plantations, importation of more slaves

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Tobacco