Why did violence break out between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians?

Jamestown colonists were constantly expanding the size of their colony.

Describe the economic and labor systems of the Middle Colonies

Banking, shipping, and diverse farming with few slaves

The first written constitution in America...

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

William Penn is known for...

Establishing a Quaker colony in English North America

Why did violence break out between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians?

Jamestown colonists were constantly expanding the size of their colony.

The purpose of the Navigation Acts were to...

Restrict colonial trade to benefit Great Britain

Busy ports used for trade in colonies like New York and Pennsylvania also caused the people in the middle colonies to

Be more diverse than in other regions

The Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as

an agreement for self-government

What was an important goal of European mercantilism during the 1600's and 1700's?

increasing the mother country’s wealth

The House of Burgesses is...

first representative assembly in the Americas

The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, New England Town Meetings are all examples of...

Foundations of American Democracy

The Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as

an agreement for self-government

Salutary Neglect was...

Policy used by England to loosely govern colonies

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Unit 1 - Colonial History

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Why did violence break out between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians?
The Native Americans refused to work for the Jamestown colonists as slaves.
The French encouraged the Native Americans to attack the British colonists.
Jamestown colonists were constantly expanding the size of their colony.
Jamestown colonists tried to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
2
Economic idea that colonies should exist to make the "Mother County" rich; exports > imports.
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Cash Crop
Free Trade
3
Describe the economic and labor systems of the Middle Colonies
African slavery, farming villages, and ship building.
Banking, shipping, and diverse farming with few slaves
Cash crop plantations, use of the headright system
Ship building, fishing, and little slavery
4
Colonial representative bodies such as the House of Burgesses developed as a result of the British policy known as
indirect democracy.
salutary neglect.
social contract.
charter colonies.
5
John Winthrop led 16,000 Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony as part of the...
Great Escape
Great Passage
Great Migration
Great
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The first written constitution in America...
Monroe Doctrine
Town Meetings
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
House of Burgesses
7
William Penn is known for...
Establishing a Quaker colony in English North America
Founder of Rhode Island
Growing Tobacco
Great Awakening Evangelist
8
Why did violence break out between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan Indians?
The French encouraged the Native Americans to attack the British colonists.
The Native Americans refused to work for the Jamestown colonists as slaves.
Jamestown colonists were constantly expanding the size of their colony.
Jamestown colonists tried to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
9
The purpose of the Navigation Acts were to...
Create a free trade zone in colonial America
Ensure democratic representation for all conoists
Restrict colonial trade to benefit Great Britain
Provide for the navigation of the seas
10
Busy ports used for trade in colonies like New York and Pennsylvania also caused the people in the middle colonies to
Be more diverse than in other regions
Have friendlier relationships with American Indians
Express extreme religious devotion
Purchase more slaves
11
The Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as
an agreement for self-government
a pledge to Native Americans
a religious loyalty contract
a pledge to other colonies
12
African slaves were brought to America in the...
Great Escape
Middle Passage
Great Migration
Middle Migration
13
What was an important goal of European mercantilism during the 1600's and 1700's?
encouraging colonial manufacturing of textiles
promoting colonial self-sufficiency
increasing the mother country’s wealth
improving trade between European nations
14
The House of Burgesses is...
directions from King James II to the Royal Governor
a religious loyalty contract
first representative assembly in the Americas
first written set of laws
15
The House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, New England Town Meetings are all examples of...
Limits on Representative Government
Contributions of the Enlightenment
Foundations of American Democracy
Early Colonial Documents
16
Pilgrims established what colony?
Charlestown
Jamestown
New York
Plymouth
17
The Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as
a religious loyalty contract
a pledge to other colonies
an agreement for self-government
a pledge to Native Americans
18
John Rolfe is responsible for bringing ___ to the Jamestown colony.
Spices
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
19
This crop allowed for English settlement at Jamestown to prosper and survive
Tobacco
Cotton
Rice
Whale Oil
20
Chief Metacom led the Wampanog Indians to war against
Spanish settlers
The Puritans
Spanish settlers
French settlers
21
Salutary Neglect was...
Allowed those w/o a "conversion experience" to join a church
Policy used by England to loosely govern colonies
A use of slaves as labor force
First written constitution of U.S.
22
A major reason the American colonists of the 1600's chose to settle along the seacoast and rivers was so that they could
use water power to run factory machinery
carry out trade
export slaves
protect themselves from Native American Indians
23
In which region of the British colonies did the plantation system develop?
The western frontier
The New England colonies
The Southern colonies
The middle colonies
24
The colony known as the "Holy Experiment"
Massachusetts
Pennslyvania
New Jersey
South Carolina

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