Details Title: 13 English Colonies Description: Establishment/Life in Colonies Total Flash Cards: 33 Created: 11/01/2008 14:12:40		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Roanoke Island Definition first attempt to establish an English settlement in North America Term charter Definition a royally-issued document allowing companies to settle and trade in the Americas Term naval stores Definition products used to build and repair wooden ships Term plantation Definition large farm worked by many laborers Term slave codes Definition laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights Term historical significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses Definition began the tradition of representative government in the American English Colonies Term challenges faced by the Jamestown colonists Definition starvation, disease, conflicts with Native Americans Term reason French settlers had better relationship with Native Americans Definition French didn't destroy forests; lived more like the Native Americans Term discription of the relationship between geography and the economy of the Middle Colonies Definition mild winters & fertile soil; most people farmed Term group that settled colony of Maryland Definition Catholics Term founder of Georgia Definition James Oglethorpe Term set up the colony of Carolina Definition 8 English nobles Term New England Colonies Definition Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire Term importance of New England town meetings Definition encouraged the growth of democratic ideas Term This group had the least amount of freedom in the English Colonies. Definition Africans Term an example of rivalry between Netherland and England Definition New Netherland became New York Term In the Southern Colonies where was most grain grown? Definition inland and the northern parts Term What was the main economic activity in the Southern Colonies? Definition farming Term Which colony was founded by a Quakeer as a model of religious freedom & peace? Definition Pennsylvania Term Why did Puritans leave England for Massachusetts? Definition to build a society based on biblical teachings Term Reason Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson were banished by the General Court Definition They believed in freedom of religion and freedom of speech Term graph questions - key word "trend" Definition trend is what you notice happening the most Term Due to social class differences in the colonies, how did wealthy children receive their education? Definition private schools or private tutors Term colony that set up the first tax-supported public schools Definition Massachusetts Term effect of the "Glorious Revolution" on its American colonies: Definition The colonists in America fought for their own rights. Term Explain the result of Bacon's Rebellion. Definition Colonists gained more voice in their own government. Term Identify the document in which you would find the following quote: Definition "...combine ourselves together into a Civill body politick; for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid...In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Cod ye -11-of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our soveraigne Lord King James of England...1620." Term bill of rights Definition lists essential freedoms guaranteed to all citizens Term mercantilism Definition economic theory that includes the idea that country's power depends in its wealth, and a country had to sell more goods than it bought. Term Importance of John Peter Zenger's court case Definition first case in America to protect freedom of the press Term white, male, over 21, own property Definition Generally, they were the only ones voting in the colonies. Term To make the economic theory of mercantilism work, what laws were passed by England? Definition Navigation Acts Term Primary reason Navigation Acts were passed? Definition to tighten control over trade