This led to the redistribution of the world’s population?
European exploration and colonization
People from this continent involuntarily came to the Americas?
Africa
New England was settled by these people?
The Puritans
The Puritans settled in New England seeking?
Religious Freedom
The Puritans formed a covenant community based on the?
Mayflower Compact
Direct Democracy was practiced through ?
Town Meetings
The English ,Dutch and German immigrants came to the new world for two reasons?
Religious Freedom and Economic Opportunity
Virginia and the Southern Colonies were settled for what reason?
Economic Opportunity
Virginia nobility that received land grants from the English King were called?
Cavaliers
Who were the people who paid for their passage to America with a work contract?
Indentured Servants
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas?
Jamestown
Jamestown was established by what company?
Virginia Company of London
The First elected Assembly of Virginia?
Virginia House of Burgesses
It is now known as the?
General Assembly of Virginia
Native Americans will lose much of their ____ due to interaction with Europeans.
Land
Many Native Americans will die from?
European Diseases
Large Southern plantations led to the institution of?
Slavery
New England based its economy on?
Shipping, manufacturing, fishing, lumber and furs
The Middle Colonies based their economy on?
Farming and trading or shipping
Virginia and Southern Colonies based their economies on?
Cash Crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo
A strong belief in private ownership of____ and ____enterprise characterized colonial life.
Property and Free
New England’s colonial society was based on ______standing.
Religious
People who challenged the Puritan faith were known as?
Dissenters
Colonial area with many religions, a middle class, and a flexible social structure?
Middle Colonies
Virginia and the Southern Colonies had a social structure based upon?
Family status and ownership of land
People from this colonial area maintained closer ties with the Church of England?
Southern Colonies
This religious movement swept Europe and the colonies in the mid-1700’s?
The Great Awakening
Most of Virginia’s cheap labor,indentured servants, came from the countries of?
England, Ireland and Scotland
Most plantation labor will eventually turn to?
Slavery
Africans were brought to the Americas by this sea route?
Middle Passage
The difference between northern and southern labor will eventually lead to the?
American Civil War