History of the Americas Questions
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These laws placed restrictions on colonial trade by dictating that colonial goods could only be shipped to England. Colonists began smuggling as a result.
The ___ was the region in the colonies that ran along the Appalachian Mountains.
What were the two main colonies of the Chesapeake region?
Give three examples of places in which Jim Crow laws were in effect in the 1870s?
This religious group settled mainly in Pennsylvania. They were pacifists who became early leaders in the abolitionist (anti-slavery) and women's rights movements.
THESE laws were enacted after Bacons Rebellion. They helped institute racism and white supremacy by dividing poor white from blacks.
THIS extremely deadly conflict between the Puritans and their former Indian allies in 1675-76 resulted in a Puritan victory and the virtual destruction of the Wampanoag people.
The ____ colonies were characterized by Puritan religious values, fishing, shipping and commerce (trade), and subsistence farming.
A business where a number of investors could pool their money together and invest it--this helped finance England's New World expeditions.
James Oglethorpe founded ______ a colony that the king made into a "buffer colony" to protect the other 12 from Spanish Florida.
Exchange of rum, slaves, and molasses between the English colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. A small but immensely profitable subset of the Atlantic trade.
His leadership skills at Jamestown helped the struggling colony during its early years.
Which religious group was not tolerant of other faiths. They would sometimes persecute (and a few times even execute) members of other religious groups who proselytized in their colony?
She taught salvation through grace and faith, not through following Puritan rules and laws, which got her banished from Massachusetts.
What was the monoculture (main crop) of the Caribbean?
What was the monoculture (main crop) of the Carolinas?
What was the monoculture (main crop) of the Chesapeake region?
The ___ colonies were characterized by large plantations with slave labor and cash crops of tobacco, indigo, and rice.
The ____ colonies (aka the Breadbasket colonies) were characterized by diverse ethnic groups, commerce and trade, and cash crops of grain.
George Calvert (aka Lord Baltimore) found this proprietary (personally owned) colony as a refuge from religious persecution for Catholics. (It was known for its toleration of all Christians.)