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Native American Farming

Many Native Americans grew corn (maize), beans, and squash. This helped them settle down and build villages.

Spanish Missions

Spain built churches (missions) to teach Native Americans Christianity.

Pueblo Revolt (Simple)

Native Americans in New Mexico fought back against the Spanish and won for a while. It showed they could resist.

Fur Trade

French and Dutch traders bought animal furs from Native Americans to sell in Europe.

Tobacco's Importance

Tobacco was a plant grown in Virginia that made a lot of money for the English colonists.

House of Burgesses

The first elected government group in the English colonies (Virginia). It let colonists make some of their own laws.

Mayflower Compact

An agreement signed by Pilgrims to create a government and follow its rules. It was an early step towards self-rule.

Puritan Beliefs

Puritans wanted to make their church very pure. They believed in hard work and strict rules.

Rhode Island's Start

Founded by Roger Williams for religious freedom. People could worship as they pleased there.

Pennsylvania's Start

Founded by William Penn for Quakers. They believed in peace and treated Native Americans fairly.

Slavery's Harshness

Enslaved Africans were treated as property, forced to work, and had no freedom.

Middle Passage (Simple)

The terrible sea journey enslaved Africans were forced to take from Africa to the Americas.

Colonial Assemblies

Groups of elected colonists who helped make laws in each colony. They had some power.

Smuggling

Colonists secretly traded goods to avoid British taxes and rules.

Jonathan Edwards

A famous preacher during the Great Awakening. He gave powerful sermons that scared people into being more religious.

John Locke's Ideas

An Enlightenment thinker who said people have natural rights (life, liberty, property). These ideas influenced Americans.

Ben Franklin

A famous American inventor, writer, and thinker from the Enlightenment. He helped shape American ideas.

Colonial Diversity

The colonies had many different kinds of people, religions, and ways of life, especially in the Middle Colonies.

Slavery's Economic Impact

Slavery made Southern colonies very rich by providing free labor for cash crops like tobacco.

Slavery's Social Impact

Slavery created a strict social ladder where white landowners were at the top and enslaved Africans were at the bottom.

Slave Codes

Laws that controlled enslaved people, taking away their rights and freedom.

Spanish Settlers

Came for gold and to spread Christianity. They forced Native Americans to work.

 

French Settlers

Came for fur trade. They often made friends with Native Americans.

English Settlers

Came for land, religious freedom, and to start new lives. They built towns and farms.

Pueblo People

Native Americans in the Southwest who built adobe homes and farmed. They fought against the Spanish.

Iroquois Confederacy

A powerful group of Native American tribes in the Northeast. They had a strong government.

Powhatan Confederacy

Native Americans in Virginia who had conflicts and some trade with the early English settlers.

Roanoke Colony

An early English attempt to settle in America that mysteriously disappeared. It's called the "Lost Colony."

Tobacco (Cash Crop)

A plant grown in the Southern colonies that was sold for a lot of money in Europe, making the colonies rich. “The king launched an exhibition against it because it was nasty, and repellant. But failed in banning it.”

Rice & Indigo (Cash Crops)

Other valuable crops grown in the deep South that also relied heavily on enslaved labor.

Cash Crop Economy

Growing crops just to sell them for profit, which led to large farms and more slavery.

Colonial Self-Rule

Colonies had their own elected groups (assemblies) that made local laws.

Virginia's Government

The House of Burgesses was the first elected assembly in America, allowing colonists to have a say.

Mayflower Compact (Self-Rule)

Pilgrims agreed to govern themselves by majority rule, showing an early idea of self-government.