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• Jamestown is located in Virginia
• John Smith


  An English soldier, sailor and author who had a role in establishing the English settlement in North America
• Mercantilism


  The belief in profitable trading
• Jamestown was founded in 1607
• The Massachusetts Bay Colony was seen as "a city upon a hill" by John Winthrop
• The most accepted religious group in Pennsylvania was Quakers
• The British and French did not have the same goals and relationships with the natives
• Reasons for Spanish colonization

  • Gold
  • God
  • Glory
• Bacon's Rebellion occurred in 1676
• Participants in the Triangular Trade

  • Africa
  • Europe
  • America
• The British passed the Navigation Acts in the 1650s in order to benefit their economy and restrict the colonies' trading
• What Africa traded/sold to the Americas

  • Slaves
• What the Americas traded/sold to Europe

  • Tobacco
  • Fur
  • Rum
• The French, Dutch, Spanish, and British colonies did not ally with the American Indians and supply them with weapons
• Slaves suffered the most because of the end results of Bacon's Rebellion
• Bacon's rebellion was not a slave rebellion on September 9, 1739, in South Carolina
• First Great Awakening


  Greater appreciation for the emotional experiences of faith
• Middle Colonies


  • Economically diverse
  • Religiously and ethnically diverse
• Southern Colonies


  • Georgia
  • Maryland
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Virginia
• New England Colonies


  • Connecticut
  • Massachusetts
  • New Hampshire
  • Rhode Island
• Middle Colonies


  • Delaware
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
• Northern Colonies was not a term for one of the Colonial regions
• Enlightenment


  Philosophical movement that shaped the government and society of the U.S.
• Natural Rights


  Rights that you are born with
• John Locke


  Developed the idea of natural rights, including life, liberty, and property
• Montesquieu


  Associated with the idea of checks and balances
• Examples of colonial self-government


  • New England Town Hall Meetings
  • Mayflower Compact
  • Virginia House of Burgesses
• Geographical factors


  Had the greatest impact shaping the development of colonial economic activities
• Rousseau


  Associated with ideas of "General Will" and "Social Contract"
• Voltaire


  Associated with freedom of speech and religion
• Montesquieu


  Believed the corruption in government can end when the powers of government are separate
• The Southern Colonies relied heavily on agriculture
• Effects of more people settling in the colonies on Native Americans

  • Native Americans were forced off the land
  • Native Americans and colonists committed acts of violence toward one another
• Effects of "Common Sense" on the American fight for independence

  • Stated that a monarchy was against the Bible
  • Advocated for a republican government in America
  • Motivated the Americans to fight against the British
• England beat France and claimed many different territories as the outcome of the Seven Years' War
• "No Taxation Without Representation"


  Developed due to the lack of representation for the colonists in the British government which ruled over them
• John Locke


  Developed the idea of natural rights, which contributed to the growing cause for revolution
• Events which fueled American hatred for British rule and furthered their revolutionary campaign

  • The Boston Massacre
  • The Boston Tea Party
  • Creation of harsh taxes by the British government
• "Republican Motherhood"


  A call on women to teach republican values in the family
• The Articles of Confederation were weak because they gave too much power to the state governments as opposed to the national government