US History Fall Semester Exam Review

Mountain range in the Eastern United States; became a natural western boundary for the 13 original English colonies

Largest river system in the United States; flows North to south; begins in Minnesota and empties into the Gulf of Mexico

a major tributary of the Mississippi; flows from East to West into the Mississippi; was the southern boundary for the Northwest Territory

Runs through New York state in the Northeastern United States; important to Middle Colonies for trade

"Separatists" who wanted to break away from the Church of England; settled Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 for religious freedom

English Protestants who wanted to purify the Church of England; came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay but did not offer religious freedom (strict religious rules had to be followed)

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America; written to establish order for new colony; established principles of self-government and majority rule

the document that establish Connecticut's system of Government; limited power of governor, allowed non-church members to vote, expanded idea of representative government

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; due to harsh climate and rocky soil most colonists there were subsistence farmers; fishing, whaling and timber became important industries

first successful English settlement; founded for profit by the London Company of Virginia in 1607; suffered high mortality rate in early years but became successful after John Rolfe introduced the tobacco crop

founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers on land the king gave his father; his Quaker beliefs influenced how his colony was governed

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey; rich soil and moderate climate led to economy based on cash crops of grain (Breadbasket Colonies); most diverse population

first form of representative government in the thirteen colonies

This colony was established by James Oglethorpe as a refuge for debtors; also established as a military outpost to guard the English colonies from attacks from the Spanish

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia: because of mild climate and fertile soil they developed an economy based on agriculture (farming); large plantations using slave labor growing rice, tobacco and indigo