John Winthrop – leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
James Oglethorpe – founded the colony of Georgia, the debtor’s colony
John Smith – leader of Jamestown- “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”
William Bradford – leader of the Plymouth colony- helped write Mayflower Compact
William Penn – leader of Quakers. Founder of Pennsylvania. Pacifist. Holy Experiment
Roger Williams – expelled from Massachusetts. Founded Rhode Island Colony
New England Colony- northern most colonies. Mass, Plymouth, RI, Conn
Subsistence Farming – growing just enough to survive. (New England Colonies)
Mayflower Compact – document that created SELF GOVERNMENT in new world
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut – first written Constitution in new world- Individual Rights
Middle Colony – Breadbasket colonies. New York, New Jersey, Penn, Deleware
Southern Colony – Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland
Political Reasons for colonization – reasons that have to do with government and laws
Economic Reasons for colonization – reasons that center around $$ money
Social Reasons for colonization – reasons that have to do with religion and society
Tobacco – cash crop from Jamestown- saved the colony financially
Shipbuilding and fishing – main economic activities in the New England colonies
Breadbasket- term for middle colonies that grew most of the grains colonists used.
Rice, Indigo – main crops from the Carolinas. Cotton came along later.
Mercantilism – British economic policy that created relationship between “Mother Country” (England) and colonies. Colonies grow raw materials. Sell to Mother Country. Mother Country created manufactured goods. Colonies buy the finished product from Mother country.