1. Magna Carta Limits the power of the King John in 1215

2. Jamestown First Permanent English Settlement In 1607

3. Plymouth 2 nd Permanent English Settlement (Religious Colony) settled by Pilgrims In 1620

4. Pilgrims Religious group (Separatists) that settled Plymouth In 1620

5. Mayflower Compact Established Self-government/ Self Rule in 1620

6. Massachusetts Bay Colony Religious Colony settled by Puritans In 1630

7. Puritans Religious group that wanted to “Purify” the church of England

8. Rhode Island Refuge for Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson & Quakers who were kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony

9. Pennsylvania “Penn's woods” William Penn took Quakers to settle this colony

10. Quaker Peaceful religious group & treated Native Americans fairly

11. Great Awakening A renewal of religious faith in the colonies

12. Enlightenment Movement towards Science to explain everyday occurrences

13. Georgia Refuge for debtors “Buffer” (protective fort) between French & Spanish territories

14. Zenger Trial Court Case that established freedom of the press (1 st Amendment)

15. Albany Plan of Union “Join or Die!” Benjamin Franklin warned all 13 colonies to join together to fight the French

16. Proclamation of 1763 LAW passed by parliament forbidding colonists to settle WEST of the Appalachian Mountains

17. Economies of the Northern Colonies Fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, timber, Triangular Trade

18. Economies of the Middle Colonies Fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, timber, Triangular Trade, farming of grain/wheat

19. Economics of the Southern Colonies Farming on plantations (Large Farms) Before 1650 – Indentured Servants After 1650 - African slaves

20. Cash crops of the Southern Colonies Rice, tobacco, indigo

21. COTTON Main Cash Crop of the South during the 1800s