Colonial Unit Review, Colonial Interdependence and Social Roles

Savannah, Georgia

Colony founded as a place for debtors to get a new start

Pennsylvania

Colony founded for religious freedom by Quakers and admitted people of all faiths.

Roanoke Island

First attempt by the English to establish a colony.

Plymouth

Colony established by Separatist Pilgrims as they tried to escape religious persecution.

Mayflower Compact

The Pilgrims in Plymouth agreed to this document.

Jamestown

This colony was founded in 1607 as the first permanent English settlement.

Specialization

Focusing on one or a few products

Interdependence

Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services

Specialization of New England Colonies

Fishing, Whaling, Shipbuilding, Naval Supplies, Metal Tools and Equipment

Specialization of Middle Colonies

Grains and Livestock

Specialization of Southern Colonies

Cash Crops - tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton, and forest products

Wealthy Upper Class

Plantation owners, lawyers, rich merchants and church leaders. Took it as their right and duty to govern others.

Farmers

-Farmed and worked on the land

-Relied on family members for farming the land

Artisans

a craftsmen (worker) in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand such as blacksmiths, carpenters, seamstress.

Colonial Women

Were caretakers, homemakers, did not have many opportunities for education and could not vote.

Indentured Servants

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Free African Americans

• Were able to own land

• Had economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money

• Were not allowed to vote

Enslaved African Americans

• Were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery

• Were owned as property for life and did not have any rights

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Colony was founded by the Puritans as they tried to get religious freedom

Southern Colonies

This colonial region had to depend on the other two regions for whale oil and livestock

Middle Colonies

This colonial region had to depend on the other two regions for rice and naval supplies

New England Colonies

This colonial region had to depend on the other two regions for cotton and livestock

Mercantilism

An economic system that believes

American Colonies exist to:

-Supply England with raw materials

-Buy England's products (made from the raw materials from America)

Navigation Acts

All imports and exports had to go through England first

Smuggling

move goods illegally into or out of a country