Magna Carta Limits the power of the King John in 1215

Jamestown First Permanent English Settlement In 1607

Plymouth 2 nd Permanent English Settlement (Religious Colony) settled by Pilgrims In 1620

Pilgrims Religious group (Separatists) that settled Plymouth In 1620

Mayflower Compact Established Self-government/ Self Rule in 1620

Massachusetts Bay Colony Religious Colony settled by Puritans In 1630

Puritans Religious group that wanted to “Purify” the church of England

Rhode Island Refuge for Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson & Quakers who were kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Pennsylvania “Penn's woods” William Penn took Quakers to settle this colony

Quaker Peaceful religious group & treated Native Americans fairly

Great Awakening A renewal of religious faith in the colonies

Enlightenment Movement towards Science to explain everyday occurrences

Georgia Refuge for debtors “Buffer” (protective fort) between French & Spanish territories

Zenger Trial Court Case that established freedom of the press (1 st Amendment)

Albany Plan of Union “Join or Die!” Benjamin Franklin warned all 13 colonies to join together to fight the French

Proclamation of 1763 LAW passed by parliament forbidding colonists to settle WEST of the Appalachian Mountains

Economies of the Northern Colonies Fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, timber, Triangular Trade

Economies of the Middle Colonies Fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, timber, Triangular Trade, farming of grain/wheat

Economics of the Southern Colonies Farming on plantations (Large Farms) Before 1650 – Indentured Servants After African slaves

Cash crops of the Southern Colonies Rice, tobacco, indigo

COTTON Main Cash Crop of the South during the 1800s