13 Colonies Flashcards
(21 cards)
When were the following colonies founded?
- Jamestown
- Plymouth
Jamestown: 1607
Plymouth: 1620
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses?
Type of Government; one of the first governments.
What is Mercantilism? What is an example of Mercantilism?
All of the extended parts of a nation that benefit a country. For example, the Navigation Act.
Where is Boston located?
Massachusetts
Where is Philadelphia located?
Pennsylvania
Where is Charlestown located?
South Carolina
Where is New Orleans located?
Georgia
Where was New York located?
New York duh bro
Albany?
New York
Last one. Hartford?
Connecticut ;)
What was the middle passage?
Slave trade with West Africa. They sold natives to Africa and took Africans to the Carribean.
Neglect strategy was…?
Europe neglected the colonies and suddenly set up laws. This leads to the Revolution.
What were the people from Georgia like?
Debters from England, used as a barricade from the Spanish colonies
What colony did the separatists start?
Massachusetts
James O
Georgia colony
Thomas Hooker
Connecticut
The Dutch
New York
8 English nobles
South and North Carolina
What was the 1st constitution?
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
Mayflower compact.
Puritans getting off the Mayflower signed it; only contract/government back then.
Roger Williams.
Started Rhode Island colony
