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Colonial Life
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12/15/2004

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Term
First English Colony in North America
Definition
Roanoke Island
Term
Leader(s) of Roanoke Island
Definition
Sir Walter Raleigh and John White
Term
This settlement was settled "twice"
Definition
Roanoke Island
Term
First English child born in Roanoke
Definition
Virginia Dare
Term
CROATAN was written on a tree here
Definition
Roanoke Island
Term
First permanent English colony in North America.
Definition
Jamestown
Term
"No Work! No Food!"
Definition
Jamestown
Term
"Starving Time"
Definition
Jamestown
Term
"Starving Time"
Definition
Jamestown
Term
John Rolfe helped plant what in Jamestown?
Definition
tobacco
Term
Leader of the Jamestown colony who said "no work! no food!"
Definition
John Smith
Term
Leader of Plymouth Colony
Definition
William Bradford
Term
Pilgrims settled here for religious freedom.
Definition
Plymouth Colony
Term
1/2 died the first year in this colony
Definition
Plymouth Colony
Term
The served the first Thanksgiving with Squanto by their side.
Definition
Plymouth Colony
Term
This regions was settled by many different kinds of people with many different religions.
Definition
Mid-Atlantic
Term
Any person who disagreed with the beliefs, rulings or standards of this colony was banished
Definition
Massachusetts Bay
Term
major cash crops of the southern colonies
Definition
indigo, tobacco, rice
Term
Squanto helped these colonists who also shared the First Thanksgiving
Definition
Plymouth
Term
What product was shipped from the West Indies to the American Colonies?
Definition
molasses
Term
Colonies founded for religious reasons
Definition
Jamestown
Term
The fighting of the French and Indian War was over who would control what?
Definition
Ohio Valley
Term
The Treaty of Paris gave Canada to whom?
Definition
Britain
Term
This colony in America came well prepared
Definition
Massachusetts Bay
Term
Artisans
Definition
Craftsman
Term
Founder of Georgia
Definition
James Olgethorpe
Term
Strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves.
Definition
slave codes
Term
This colony had trouble getting its people to work
Definition
Jamestown
Term
Part of the Triangular Trade Route where slaves were shipped from Africa to the West Indies.
Definition
Middle Passage
Term
They bought land from the Indians instead of just taking it
Definition
Pennsylvania
Term
a region of flat, low lying plains along the eastern seacoast
Definition
Tidewater Region
Term
a region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater toward the Appalachian Mountains
Definition
Back Country
Term
Gave Canada to Britain and left North America
Definition
Treaty of Paris
Term
a person who contracted to work for an American in returen for his passage to America
Definition
indentured servant
Term
Name the New England Colonies
Definition
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Term
This colony had rocky land, good ports, and forests that supplied lumber for shipbuilding
Definition
New England
Term
Name the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Definition
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delware
Term
The Lost Colony
Definition
Roanoke Island
Term
Characteristics of Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Definition
Wide deep rivers, Rich farmland, Moderate climate, Livestock and Grain, many religions - varied, diverse lifestyles.
Term
Characteristics of Southern Colonies
Definition
subtropic climate, humid, large plantation, cash crops, slaves and indentured servants few cities, few schools
Term
Colony founded by the Quakers
Definition
Pennsylvania
Term
Characteristics of New England colonies
Definition
Boston Harbor, hilly, rocky soil, jagged coastline, moderate summer - cold winter, forests, logging, fishing, whaling, ship building, village and church = center of life
Term
This colony helped keep the Spanish in Flordia
Definition
Georgia
Term
What was shipped from America to Africa?
Definition
rum, iron goods and guns
Term
What was shipped from Africa to the West Indies?
Definition
slaves
Term
What was shipped from the West Indies to America?
Definition
molasses
Term
Name the Southern Colonies
Definition
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Term
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
Definition
French and Indians against the British and the Colonist
Term
Who lost in the French and Indian War?
Definition
French and Indians
Term
Diversity
Definition
Variety
Term
Slave Codes
Definition
strict rules governing the behavior and punishment of slaves
Term
oversseers
Definition
bosses on plantation that kept slaves working hard
Term
Plantations
Definition
Large farms
Term
Subsistence farming
Definition
growing enough food for your family
Term
cash crops
Definition
crops that could be sold easily in markets in colonies and overseas
Term
Indentured servants
Definition
agreed to work without pay for person who paid thier passage to the colonies
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