The ship building industry, logging, fishing, and a little bit of piracy where the main economic activities in these colonies
These colonies were diverse, with settlers from many different countries who brought different religions and cultures.
These colonies had the highest enslaved population and used plantations to grow cash crops to sell to England
The earliest successful English colony in North America, it had a rough start facing disease, starvation, and raids by local native Americans.
Fear of this in England caused Catholics, Quakers, Baptists, and many other kinds of Christian to flee England and settle in the Colonies seeking religious freedom.
The movement, both on purpose and by accident, of animals, plants, people, and diseases from the “old world” of Europe and Africa to the “New World” of the Americas
The economic trade route that sent manufactured goods to Africa, enslaved people to the Americas, and raw materials to England and Europe.
This section of the Triangle Trade saw enslaved Africans loaded onto ships like animals and sent to the Americas where they would be auctioned off.
The economic theory that says that colonies should be established for the economic benefit of their mother country.
Sale of this type of agricultural products, which were not always food, is what made the 13 colonies economically successful, especially the southern colonies.
This document, first signed in 1215, limited the power of the king, kept peace in England, and became the foundation of modern law and government.
This document, signed in 1620, was an agreement made between passengers of a boat to form and follow their own laws.
This document, written in 1776 by Thomas Paine, argues that the colonies must become independent from Britain.
Before Magna Carta, this basic part of modern life was not an idea protected by law anywhere in the world. Today, we consider it a very basic concept.
Before the Mayflower Compact, this basic part of modern government did not exist in America. Now it is the foundation of our government.
This country had early success conquering Central and South America,
This country controlled most of North America before about 1750.
This group of people died in huge numbers when they met Europeans. The survivors were sometimes enslaved and kicked off of their land.
Finding this mythical water way between the Atlantic and Pacific was the goal of English, French, and Dutch explorers of North America.
This event caused Spain to lose power and gave England the opportunity to begin forming colonies in North America.
Industrialized nations like England wanted to control the production and sale of these things.
This change in technology began in England and then spread to Europe and America, making Britain rich.
During the Industrial Revolution and French and Indian war, countries squeezed raw materials from their…
A conflict between countries on 4 continents over 7 years, this conflict was a major 'wrong' leading to the American Revolution.
This was not a party, but an act of theft and vandalism that showed colonists’ anger over laws limiting trade.
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Jamestown Colony
Religious Persecution
The Columbian Exchange
The Triangle Trade
The Middle Passage
Mercantilism
Cash Crops
Magna Carta
The Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
Human Rights OR Natural Rights
Self-government OR Voting / Elections
Spain
France
Native American
The Northwest Passage
the defeat of the Spanish Armada
Raw Materials OR Manufactured Goods
The Industrial Revolution
Colonies
The French and Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
