Early American Colonial History

Why did England use joint-stock companies during early colonization?

They allowed investors to share financial risks.

What situation clearly reflects mercantilist economic thinking?

A colony exporting raw materials to and buying manufactured goods from England.

What does the early history of Jamestown demonstrate?

Successful colonization required adapting to unfamiliar environmental and economic conditions.

Why did tobacco contribute to Virginia's expansion?

Its profitability encouraged immigration, settlement expansion, and labor demand.

What key principle was established by the Mayflower Compact?

Majority rule and self-government.

Why did some colonists leave Massachusetts Bay for places like Rhode Island?

They disagreed with its strict religious and political system.

What policy would Roger Williams most likely support?

Separating church authority from government authority.

What did the Maryland Act Concerning Religion and Rhode Island's government reflect?

An expansion of religious toleration compared to Massachusetts Bay.

Which characteristic reflected Quaker beliefs in Pennsylvania?

Nonviolence and religious toleration.

What does the founding of Georgia demonstrate about English colonies?

They could be established for strategic defense and social opportunities.

What was an effect of the Barbados slave codes on slavery?

They helped establish legal definitions making slavery permanent and racialized.

Why was the Middle Passage central to the Atlantic slave trade?

It transported enslaved Africans from Africa to the Americas.

Why is Bacon's Rebellion important in colonial Virginia?

It revealed class tensions between frontier settlers and the wealthy planter elite.

Why was King Philip's War significant?

Native resistance caused destruction and led New England colonies to cooperate militarily.

How do the First Great Awakening and Salem witch trials compare?

Both showed religion's importance in colonial society through very different activities.