US History: Unit 1 - Colonization Flashcards
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| 12054957184 | Mercantilism | * Colonies provide raw materials to "mother" country * "Mother" country produces goods and sells them back to colonies for profit |  | 0 |
| 12054957186 | New Amsterdam | * Major trade center in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies * Originally owned by the Dutch, but later taken by the British * It becomes New York after the British takeover | 1 | |
| 12054957187 | Southern Colonies | * Cash Crops: Tobacco, Cotton * Warmest climate in the Colonial Regions * Slave Labor |  | 2 |
| 12054957188 | New England Colonies | * Major Industry: Fishing * Natural Resources * Pilgrims * Puritans * Coolest climate in the Colonial Regions |  | 3 |
| 12054957189 | Mid-Atlantic Colonies | * Good Harbors * Shipbuilding * Trading Centers of the Colonial Regions * "Breadbasket" of the Colonies * Most tolerant and diverse Colonial Region |  | 4 |
| 12054957190 | The Virginia Company | * Joint Stock Company= English investors put money in hopes of establishing a profitable colony in America * Failed to find gold or silver |  | 5 |
| 12054957191 | Powhatan Indians | * Eastern Virginia/ Maryland * Started off peaceful and helpful with colonists but turned violent * As more indentured servants got their freedom they encroached more and more on the Native lands * Pocahontas |  | 6 |
| 12054957192 | Virginia House of Burgesses | * 1st assembly of elected representatives in the colonies * Famous members Include Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison |  | 7 |
| 12054957194 | Tobacco | Cash crop that made a profit and saved Jamestown |  | 8 |
| 12054957195 | Pilgrims | * Separatists from Church of England * Mayflower * Plymouth Colony |  | 9 |
| 12054957196 | Mayflower Compact | * Pilgrims signed it on board the Mayflower in 1620 * 1st written framework for government |  | 10 |
| 12054957200 | Puritans | * Massachusetts Bay Colony * Unable to "purify" the church | 11 | |
| 12054957201 | Town Hall Meetings | * Started in New England * Somewhat informal where anyone interested could come and hear issues discussed and voice their opinions |  | 12 |
| 12054957202 | Anne Hutchinson | * Excommunicated by the Puritans for being controversial * Forced to leave Massachusetts Bay * Helped develop Religious Freedom |  | 13 |
| 12054957203 | Roger Williams | * Believed in Religious Freedom * Dealt with Native Americans in a friendly and fair way * Formed Rhode Island |  | 14 |
| 12054957204 | Penn's "Holy Experiment" | * William Penn founded Pennsylvania * Quakers- very accepting of all people in the colony * Friendly with the Natives * Focus on Education |  | 15 |
| 12054957205 | King Philip's War | Early, bloody conflict between English colonists and Native Americans. Ended Native way of life in New England. | 16 | |
| 12054957206 | The Middle Passage | Middle segment of Triangular Trade where slaves came from Africa to the Americas and Caribbean |  | 17 |
| 12054957207 | Triangular Trade | A system in which raw materials, slaves and manufactured goods were traded among the Americas, Europe, and Africa |  | 18 |
| 12054957208 | Salutary Neglect | British policy of allowing the colonies to act as they were as long as they were profitable and mostly obedient to the Crown. |  | 19 |
| 12054957209 | Navigation Acts | Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. *Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. *Colonists were forbidden from trading with other countries. |  | 20 |
| 12054957210 | The Great Awakening | * Religious Revival * Helped unify the colonies and helped lead to the American Revolution | 21 |