Which product did the New England colonies export?

Ship building materials and lumber

Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt to different ways of life?

The regions had different geographies and resources.

Who founded Massachusetts?

William Bradford and John Winthrop

A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good

An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves

An owner of a store or other business; owner/operator of a colony

ruled by the people. In a democracy, citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.

a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony's geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

crops, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities in order to be sold for profit

another name for the Middle Colonies because of their exporting of grains

the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services

Massachusetts founder

William Bradford and John Winthrop

Said by Winthrop; refers to the idea that Puritan colonists emigrating to the New World were part of a special pact with God to create a holy community: a model society to the world/moral commonwealth

A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

Came to New land to escape intolerance of other beliefs but did the same thing to others with different beliefs

He founded Rhode Island for separation of Church and State. He believed that the Puritans were too powerful and was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his religious beliefs.

A Puritan woman who was well learned that disagreed with the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her actions resulted in her banishment from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island. She displayed the importance of questioning authority.

A Puritan minister who led about 100 settlers out of Massachusetts Bay to Connecticut because he believed that the governor and other officials had too much power. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

first written constitution in America; the first written plan of government for any of the colonies,

Founder of Pennsylvania. Here he promised religious freedom to all people especially the Quakers. Promoted people having a voice in government through an elected legislature.

Religious group that settled Pennsylvania. Often known as the 'Society of Friends,' Quakers believed in an 'Inner Light' that would guide them toward religious truth and were pacifists (opposed violence) who had good relations with Native Americans

1694- He was the founder of Maryland, a colony which offered religious freedom, and a refuge for the persecuted Roman Catholics.

Act Concerning Religion

to protect their rights Catholics in Maryland passed this law which protected/tolerated Christian religions in Maryland

English joint-stock company that received a charter from King James I that allowed it to found the Virginia colony.

An English adventurer and writer, and an explorer of the Americas. In 1585, Raleigh sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island in present-day North Carolina.

plantations/plantation systems

a large estate, especially in a tropical or semitropical country, where cash crops such as cotton, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane are cultivated, using a form of coercive labor (usually slavery)

the first elected legislative assembly in the New World established in the Colony of Virginia in 1619, representative colony set up by England to make laws and levy taxes but England could veto its legislative acts.

Founder and governor of the Georgia colony. Colony was created as a alternative to debtors' prison

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What group of people wanted to separate from the Church of England and ended up fleeing England all together?

Back

The Separatists

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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What did all the New England colonies have in common?

Back

They were self-governing.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What colonial region was the only region to grow tobacco?

Back

Southern Colonies

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Connecticut's Fundamental Orders served as what type of document?

Back

A written constitution.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

In what colony were only Religious men allowed to vote?

Back

Providence

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which colony did NOT follow self-government and was ruled by a British appointed governor?

Back

New York

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why did African Americans end up replacing indentured servants?

Back

It was a cheaper and more permanent source of labor.

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