Chapter 3 Expansion and Establishment

What did Easterners often call the frontier?"

"back country"

the colonists didn't share the land

....ya

An estimate of how many African Americans were brought to America in the 17th and 18th century?

10 or 11 million

In 1760, the population of America was?

15 million

What year did the English come to America?

1600's

What century did the Scottish come to America?

18th century

Where did most of the slaves come from?

Africa's Western Coast.

What are the benefits of America's cultural diversity? What are the drawbacks?

America would have a more wider variety of different cultures. You know America gets some of everything. The drawbacks were from the blacks and the whites and their differences.in Europe they didn't have black people ( eh maybe i don't know). so that blacks were mistreated was a big stain in America.

Why was the town meeting considered the purest form of democracy in America

Because everyone was allowed to vote.

How did settlers travel?

Conestoga wagons

The colonies were under the rule of who?

England

List three ethnic groups that came to America.

English, Germans, Scots-Irish

The English influenced the ______ _______ and _______ of _________.

English, style, government

The largest group of settlers came from where?

Europe

What was proved to be a second crop?

Indigo

The colonists and the Indians would do what to each other at trade meetings

Kill them or capture them for ransom

What state did New Netherland become?

New York

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Germans composed one-third of what colony?

Pennsylvania

The main North-South highway became known as...

The Great Wagon Road

colonists and Indians

The Indians welcomed the colonists around Massachusetts and was kind. But the Indians felt threatened by the growth of the colony. So when two men died (no one knows how or who) but the Pequot Indians went to war in 1637. After the war they lived in peace for 40 years and the leader Massasoit disliked the colonists. He thought they poisoned his brother so they went to war. The English had a strong force but the Indians decide to burn livestock and and colonies and at the end 600 colonists and 3,000 Native Americans died. The war was called King Philips's War. The worst was Bacon's Rebellion, the Indians ended up with violence and attacked the colonists already had problems of their own. The colonists attacked the wrong tribe and caused more problems. Nathaniel Bacon went along to continue raiding the Indians but the Jamestown governor disagreed but bacon took over it later and died of disease later...

What were other reasons for evangelism?

The Indians were inferior and uncivilized and believed that with God's help that the Indians should become settled farmers

What official was in charge of holding court in the colonies?

The official that was in charge of holding court in the colonies were the governors.

Which region of the colonies was the most diverse?

The region of the colonies that was the most diverse were the middle colonies.

Other than following the wilderness trials into the mountains, how did settlers move west?

The settlers also used rivers to move west.

Why did southern planters come to rely on slave labor?

The southern planters needed labor to grow all food and make profit. So, when the slaves acme it was a relief 1.they didn't cost that much 2. They can grow more and more and make more money.

What term describes the type of population growth not caused by immigration?

The term used that describes the type of population growth not caused by immigration is called natural increase.

Name the three largest ethnic groups that migrated to the colonies.

The three largest ethnic groups that migrated to the colonies were the English, Germans, and the Scots-Irish.

List the three types of colonies and tell who had the authority to establish a government for each type.

The three types of colonies were charter, proprietary, and royal. Governors, legislatures, and judges had the power for each type of colony.

What became the first important money crop in the South?

Tobacco

The colonists had to develop on what?

Whatever could grow on their land

what was the most important reason of the colonists converting the Indians?

a genuine concern for their souls

Some Europeans didn't see the Indians as enemies, but as what?

an opportunity to convert them to Christians

Why would it be hard for the Indians to go to the universities and what not?

because they would have to accept a different culture, a new religion, and they would have to learn a different language

What year did the Germans come to America?

beginning of 1700

What was the economy in the South based on?

cash crops

The colonists had rich, thick soil. What did they grow?

cereal grains, corn, oats, barley, and wheat

What was the largest food crop in all the colonies?

corn

Many settlers came to America to escape what?

famine or financial problems

The _____ of the New England is rough compared to other regions

geography

What did John Elliot do?

he learned the language of the Algonqin Indians and translated the Bible

What were praying towns

it was a place for where if the Indians became Christian, they would live there

what is a plantation

large farms

Where did the Quakers come from?

midlands, then moved to Pennsylvania

local governmetns

most of the colonies divided into counties. the township formed a basic unit of government . freeholders are white male property owners. Each new settler was given citizenship and allowed to own land in the township. Almshouses were where criminals lived. Most people considered poverty shame. The middle colonies had local government similar to New England and the South

Hundreds of slaves died early deaths because...

of the dangers of their jobs

In 1776, the colonists made how many of Britain's trading ships.

one-third

My own

questions

In the sixteenth century the colonists did what and sent who to the Indians`

sent missionaries and the man was Richard Hakluyt

Indians _____ their land with other tribes.

shared

Why would men and women work SO hard every day?

so that they can sell and make money and still grow enough for their families. They were also called subsistence farmers

Indians were threaten by what and how?

the Europeans because they have greater numbers than them and they have powerful weapons.

what prevented colonial governors from becoming too powerful?

the legislatures would stop paying salaries to the governor.

The colonists faced challenges still before the late 1700's. What was one of them?

their relationship with the Indians

What else did the colonists do for the Indians

they built colleges for them

Colonists' government

they decided a need for government. The three types of colonies were different. Charter elected governors, judges, and legislatures. Proprietors, the heir is the governor. In royal colonies, the king chose who was the governor. The legislature had the power of the purse. He paid the governors salary. The court system came from England. The justice of the peace tried to settle disputes of cases. The colonists paid the government by paying taxes.Massachusetts required everyone to vote.

What was the Indians response?

they felt no need to do so

The middle colonies had many navigable river, what were they used for?

transportation routes to trade

Whats a frontier?

undeveloped area at the edge of the settled areas

Where did the Scots live?

west near the Appalachian Mountains