Colonization Flashcards
|Colonization Flashcards |
|Card # |Front |Back |
|1 |Who settled New England? |Puritans |
|2 |What was the Mayflower Compact? |An agreement signed by the male passengers aboard the |
| | |Mayflower to respect laws agreed upon for the general good of|
| | |the Plymouth colony |
|3 |Why did the Puritans come to the New World? |Seeking freedom from religious persecution in Europe |
|4 |What does religious toleration mean? |Accepting of someone else’s religion |
|5 |What immigrants to the New World came involuntarily? |Africans |
|6 |What basic unit of settlement did Puritan church congregations use in the |Town |
| |Massachusetts Bay Colony? | |
|7 |What type of government did the Puritans use in New England town meetings? |Direct democracy |
|8 |What ancient model did New England town meetings follow? |The city-state of Athens in ancient Greece |
|9 |What were the two reasons why the Puritans settled in New England? |religious freedom |
| | |economic opportunity |
|10 |What European groups settled the Middle colonies? |German |
| | |English |
| | |Dutch |
|11 |What English noblemen received large land grants in Virginia? |Cavaliers |
|12 |Where in Virginia did many poor Englishmen settle? |Shenandoah Valley |
|13 |What were indentured servants? |Colonists who agreed to work for a master in exchange for |
| | |payment of their passage to America |
|14 |What was the first permanent English settlement in North America? |Jamestown |
|15 |What was the first elected assembly (lawmaking body) in the New World? |House of Burgesses |
|16 |What became the name of the House of Burgesses after independence? |Virginia General Assembly |
|17 |What regions of the New World did the Spanish explore and settle? |the Caribbean Sea |
| | |Central America |
| | |South America |
|18 |How did colonization affect the Indians? |died in wars |
| | |pushed off their land |
| | |died of disease |
|19 |How did French colonization differ from English colonization? |fewer French colonists |
| | |Better relations with the Indians |
|20 |What did the Atlantic slave trade do? |Forced millions of Africans to come to the Americas against |
| | |their will |
|21 |What were the 3 regions of English settlement along the Atlantic coast? |New England |
| | |Middle colonies |
| | |Southern colonies |
|22 |What was the economic basis of New England? |Subsistence farming |
| | |Lumbering |
| | |Shipbuilding |
| | |Fishing |
|23 |What was the economic basis of the Middle colonies? |Small-scale commercial farming |
| | |Shipbuilding |
| | |Trade |
|24 |What was the economic basis of the coastal lowlands in the Southern |Plantations that grew cash crops for export to Great Britain |
| |colonies? | |
|25 |What were the three cash crops of the Southern colonies? |tobacco |
| | |rice |
| | |indigo |
|26 |What was the economic basis of the Appalachian foothills in the Southern |subsistence farming |
| |colonies? |hunting |
| | |trade |
|27 |What were the Middle colonies? |New York |
| | |New Jersey |
| | |Pennsylvania |
| | |Delaware |
|28 |What were two important seaports and trade centers in the Middle colonies? |New York |
| | |Philadelphia |
|29 |Where were most of the indentured servants from? |England |
| | |Scotland |
| | |Ireland |
|30 |Where and when did the first Africans arrive in colonial America? |Jamestown in 1619 |
|31 |What was the voyage of slaves from Africa to the New World called? |The Middle Passage |
|32 |What 2 types of labor systems did Southern plantations use? |indentured servants |
| | |African slaves |
|33 |Did the Puritans tolerate religious dissenters? |No |
|34 |What New England colony was founded by religious dissenters fleeing |Rhode Island |
| |persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts? | |
|35 |Where did Quakers settle? |Pennsylvania |
|36 |Where did Presbyterians settle? |New Jersey |
|37 |Where did Jews settle? |New York |
|38 |Where did Huguenots settle? |New York |
|39 |Who formed the middle class in the Middle colonies? |Skilled artisans |
| | |Entrepreneurs |
| | |Small commercial farmers |
|40 |What formed the basis of the social structure in the Southern colonies? |Family status |
| | |Land ownership |
|41 |Who dominated the colonial government and society in the Southern colonies?|Large landowners |
|42 |What was the most important church in the Southern colonies? |Church of England |
|43 |How did colonists make a living in the mountains and valleys of the |subsistence farmers |
| |Southern colonies? |hunters |
| | |traders |
|44 |What was the background of most of the colonists in the Southern mountains |Scots-Irish |
| |and valleys? |English |
|45 |What religious movement swept Europe and the American colonies during the |“Great Awakening” |
| |mid-1700s? | |
|46 |What 2 Protestant denominations grew rapidly in the American colonies |Methodists |
| |during the “Great Awakening”? |Baptists |
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