13 Colonies | Geography of the 13 Colonies | Mercantilism | Miscellaneous - Atlantic Slave Trade | Random History Stuff we Talked About |
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What is Pennsylvania?
This colony was founded by devout Quaker, William Penn.
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What is New England?
This region had colonies like Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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What is enslaved Africans?
This was auctioned in the Caribbean for raw materials.
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What are African tribal leaders?
These people traded people they captured for random goods.
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What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
This was the first democratically elected legislative body in British North America.
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What is Massachusetts?
This colony was "discovered" by Puritans and had very strict religious laws.
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What is the Southern Colonies?
This region was home to South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland.
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What is manufactured goods and rum?
This was traded in Africa for people.
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What is the bottom of the ship or the steerage?
Captured Africans would have to travel in this part of the slave ship often not having more than 4 feet of space to move.
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What is the Mayflower Compact?
Before the Pilgrims descended off the Mayflower, they came up with this agreement of government.
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What is New York?
This colony was founded mainly for financial purposes and became the most diverse of all 13 colonies.
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What is the Middle Colonies?
This region included New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
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What is raw materials?
These were sent to England to be manufactured for triangle trade.
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What is the Carribean?
Africans would be brought to this part of the world to either be traded to go to North America or South America.
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What is the Zenger Trial?
This trial established the precedent of freedom of speech in America.
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What is Virginia?
This colony was where Jamestown was located, which was the first successful colony in America.
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What is New England?
This region had a cooler climate, rocky soil, and a short growing season.
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What is the Middle Passage?
This was the harsh journey across the Atlantic Ocean that many captured Africans were forced to face.
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What is Triangle Trade?
This is the term used for the 3 part journey of trade of people, manufactured goods and raw materials.
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What is the Magna Carta?
This English document was what the founding fathers of the US used as an inspiration to the US Constitution.
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What is Maryland?
This colony was named after the Virgin Mary and served as a religious retreat for Catholics.
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What is Southern?
This region had a long growing season, a warm climate and plantations.
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What is Mercantilism?
This is the policy that says colonies exist for the sole benefit of the mother country.
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What is 1807?
This is the year that the actual trade of slaves from Africa to the Americas was made illegal in the US Constitution.
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What is Salutary Neglect?
This policy practiced by England did not enforce laws as they were written on the books. It gave the colonies a sense of self rule.
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