What is the new world?
Newer area to mostly the Mississippeans
What is the Bering Straight?
A land bridge that connects Asia to North America
What was the Mississippian's Culture?
it was a barter system and their staple crop was maize, they traded for copper since it was a valuable resources for weapons and tools.
Explain what Wattle and Daub was?
Wattle: A wood frame made from logs that were weaved with vines to make a wall structure. Daub: plaster made from Sun-Dry-Clay to hold the walls together.
What were palisades?
Agricultural protection from humans and animals
Why start a colony?
New routes, new markets, silver and gold, raw materials, and religion
What is mercantilism
The economic theory that colonies exist to bring profits to the mother country
what was San Miguel Gualdape
A failed Spanish colony, it failed due to its ship running aground and resource loss.
What was Charlesfort?
a colony that failed due to lack of resources, made a new ship out of timber to sail back home.
what was St. Elena?
A colony that failed due to ships sent to aid them being attacked by privateers
What were the Navigation Acts?
the law that prohibited ships from shipping certain goods anywhere else than English destinations
What was the cash crop of the virginia colony?
Tobacco
What was the Virginia House of Burgesses
Made up of the representatives of Jamestown
What was the Virginia Comapany?
Private Investors who helped establish the colony
What were European Indentured Servants?
people in who are in debt who get hired to work 5-10 years for some land and start-up money
What was the Maryland Colony?
a refuge for catholics that got overthrown by protestants.
What was the Georgia Colony?
James Ogle Fort that was called the debters colony
What was the middle passage?
the trip that the slave ships went from Africa to North America
What was the difference between the Task System and the Gang System?
Task meant individual labor whilst Gang meant a group of slaves doing the same job
What was the difference between Rural and Urban Slavery
Rural: Slavery for agricultural product. Urban: City-Like jobs, blacksmiths or carpenters
What was the Stono Rebellion?
Caused by the 1735 Prohibitive Law, led by Jemmy to reach St. Augustine
what was the slave code of 1740?
Laws that gave restrictions to slaves and only one minor one to the colonists
What type of colony was the Carolina Colony?
restoration colony; established by Charles II
What were the cash crops in Carolina?
Rice and Indigo
Who were the Lords Proprietors
8 Noblemen chosen by Charles II to rule to colonies
what is the Economic Scape of the Carolina Colony?
Slave Society, relies on slaves; other than crops they had cattle and hogs
what were the fundamental constitutions of carolina
a voice in government and religious freedom except catholicism
what was the royal government?
replaced the lords proprietors; parliament and grand council
what was the regulators movement?
it gave the ability to build courthouses, schools and jails
what was the yamasee war?
caused by being forced to do labor for 2 years
what was the french and indian war?
fight over the area around the ohio river valley.
what was the fate of the natives?
They would get sent to the west indies or new england
what was the proclamation of 1763?
when british marked all landmarks west of the appalachians as off limits to the settlers