American Colonies

1. First successful English settlement in the New World, 
2. 1607. Set up as a joint-stock company
3. Virginia House of Burgesses

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Pilgrim

Person who journeys, especially a long distance for religion

• Pilgrim
• Boycott
• Refugee

1. set-up the government of the new Plymouth Colony. 
2. Direct Democracy for men only. 
3. People met at town meetings to discuss issues and vote on solutions. (Established the tradition of town hall meetings.
4. Resulted in majority rule.

• Mayflower Compact
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• 1st Continental Congress

Were members of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England. They demanded the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline.

• Puritans
• Joint-stock company
• Refugee

Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing

• Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Colonial region 
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.

• Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat

• Northern Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Economic theory which said that a nation should export more than they import, and should create colonies for natural resources.

• Mercantilism
• Triangle Trade
• Navigation Acts

They came to Pennsylvania for religious freedom

• Quakers
• Catholics
• Puritains
• Sepratist

This group of colonies had the most diversity.

• New England
• Middle 
• Southern