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• The first English colony faced many difficulties early on, but began to thrive after John Rolfe discovered that _______________ grew well in the Virginia soil and could become a valuable cash crop.
• In the town of ________________ in the 1600’s there were a series of hearing where several people were put on trial for being suspected of witchcraft.
• The Colony of Pennsylvania was founded by _________________________, a Quaker who believed in justice and religious freedom
• The second leg of the triangular trade, which carried slaves from Africa to the Americas, was known as _____________________________________.
• The following quote is most likely from whom?• “The institution of slavery is vital to our
economy. Why, I bet we have as many African slaves as we do free Europeans... perhaps even more. Without them, we could not begin to produce the tobacco for which there is a market in England and elsewhere.”
• A politician goes before Parliament and passionately proclaims that the American colonies are crucial to the British economy. He tells his colleagues that it is important that England export more products to other countries than it imports. Otherwise, England’s wealth and security will be in jeopardy. He believes the colonies are important because they provide both resources for production and markets for English goods. What economic policy is this politician advocating for?
Know the order of arrival of these groups.
• Native Americans, colonists in Jamestown, colonists in Massachusetts, the first African Americans in the English colonies.