English colonization

Colony

A community in which people work together for the good of a whole

Virginia House of burgesses

Allowed for genius settlers to participate in making laws

Mercantilism, what is it and what is it provide for the mother country?

The belief that colonies exist to benefit their economy of the mother country and provide them with raw materials

Navigation act

Loss to regulate flow of goods between England and the colonies so only England benefited

Jamestown

Location/cash crop Virginia/tobacco. John Smith is credited with saving Jamestown starving time.

Mayflower compact

Pilgrims created a government that would benefit the colony

Representative government

A government where citizens vote for people to represent them and make laws on their behalf of the whole group

Religious toleration

Allowing people of any realigion to worship freely

Cash crop

A crop that are sold for money at a market

Why were slaves needed in the south

They need for farm workers on plantation in the southern colonies

Describe the experience slaves faced along the middle passages

Poor living conditions such as overcrowding and limited food and water and no bathroom easy spread of disease and sickness

What was the economy of the New England colonies based on

Lumber trade for shipbuilding whale oil

What was the economy of the southern colonies based on What were the main cash crops

Based on agriculture, cash crops were tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo

Why did colonist settle in Plymouth, Maryland and Pennsylvania colonies?

For religious freedom to escape religious persecution

Why were plantations not found in the New England colonies? Describe the geography of the region

Poor rock, soil and short growing season due to long cold winters

Describe the effects/results of the triangular trade on the America

It led to an increase of numbers in slaves in the New World

Who were the Quakers? Why did they settle and where?

A religious group of people who were accepting of other religions, they settled in Pennsylvania

What was the economy of middle colonies based on what cash crops did they produce?

Middle colonies grew large amounts of rye, oats, barley, and wheat as cash crops. They were called the bread basket colonies.

Who were the Puritans? What did they believe?

A religious group of people who believed that the Bible should be the basis for government no tolerance for other groups