| Question | Answer |
| - strongly influenced by Roman Catholic Church | New Spain society |
| - strict rules from Spanish government | New Spain society |
| - position was based on birth, education, income | New Spain society |
| - came for gold/economic opportunity | New Spain religion |
| - Roman Catholic missionaries converted by force | New Spain religion |
| - governors appointed by king | New Spain politics |
| - no experience with democracy | New Spain politics |
| - king is in total control | New Spain politics |
| - king pays for expeditions | New Spain economy |
| - found gold and silver and exploited the natives | New Spain economy |
| - had African slaves | New Spain economy |
| - church became source of money | New Spain economy |
| -not controlled as much by church | New France society |
| -government paid people to leave France and go to New World | New France society |
| -Catholic | New France religion |
| -if you were French Huguenots (protestants) you had to go to the English colonies | New France religion |
| -Roman Catholic missionaries did not force conversion | New France religion |
| -no experience with democracy | New France politics |
| -governors are appointed by king | New France politics |
| -king held strict control over laws | New France politics |
| -didn't have slavery | New France economy |
| -based on fur trapping and exporting | New France economy |
| -worked with native tribes | New France economy |
| -came into conflict with English over hunting grounds | New France economy |
| -followed mercantilist policy (export more then you import) | New France economy |
| -settled for religious purposes | New England |
| -wanted a egalitarian (equal) society | New England society |
| -class distinctions develop later | New England society |
| -church (prot. Christian) was an important role in the development of towns and schools | New England society |
| -very little religious tolerance | New England religion |
| -Puritans wanted to "purify" all Catholic elements out of Anglican (protestant) Church | New England religion |
| -wanted to be "city on the hill" | New England religion |
| -exiled dissenters like Roger Williams who went to Rhode Island | New England religion |
| -town meeting, where people could practice democracy | New England politics |
| -subsistence (local) farming | New England economy |
| -most jobs have something to do with the sea | New England economy |
| -very little slavery (lack of agriculture) | New England economy |
| -followed mercantilist policy | New England economy |
| -cities along the coast | New England economy |
| -settled for religious and economic purposes | Mid-Atlantic |
| -class distinctions based on wealth and income | Mid-Atlantic society |
| -more religious diversity and tolerance | Mid-Atlantic religion |
| -protestants, quakers, catholics | Mid-Atlantic religion |
| -democratic colonial assemblies | Mid-Atlantic politics |
| -based on export of food | Mid-Atlantic economy |
| -farming and hunting where conditions allowed | Mid-Atlantic economy |
| -trade centers (NYC, Philadelphia) | Mid-Atlantic economy |
| -settled for economic purposes | Southern |
| -based on wealth and income | Southern society |
| -king gave large land grants to aristocrats | Southern society |
| -Plantation System with indentured servants and slaves | Southern society |
| -religion not as important | Southern religion |
| -the Great Awakening focused more attention on religion | Southern religion |
| -the Church of England (Anglican) was the main church | Southern religion |
| -in Virginia, The House of Burgesses, first elected representative body in the New World | Southern politics |
| -cash crops, such as tobacco, rice, indigo | Southern economy |
| -slave labor, to the Carolinas from Barbados | Southern economy |
| -cotton becomes cash crop later on | Southern economy |
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