Early Colonies
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
People
100
Georgia was settles by______________.
people who had been in debtors prision
100
This was the center of their lives?
100
Most people in the Mid-Atlantic lived in _________ and _________.
villages and cities
100
How did they souther people do their politics?
counties
100
What kind of colonial person was free at the end of their contract?
indentured servant
200
Pennsylvania was settled by __________ who wanted to practice their faith without interference.
Quakers
200
What did the New England colonies depend on the other colonies for?
middle=grain livestock south=cash crops
200
How did the people in the Mid do their politics? (government)
market towns
200
What was you job if you lived in the south?
plantation owner, or working on a plantation
200
What kind of colonial person relied on family for labor?
farmer
300
Separatists settled this colony? For what reasons?
Plymouth, religious freedom
300
What are the industries that New Englanders specialized in?
shipbuilding, fishing, whaling, naval supplies
300
What kind of jobs did people in the Mid-Atlantic have?
Farmer, fisherman, skilled worker, unskilled worker
300
How did they earn money in the South?
Cash crops= tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton and timbered
300
Who could not vote and had few chances at an education?
women
400
Massachusetts Bay was settled by ___________ for religious freedom.
puritans
400
How did New England handle their politics? (government)
Town meetings
400
Why were they nicknamed the bread basket colonies?
grew grain
400
What region is in the south that has good soil?
peidmont
400
What type of colonial person could have a job, spend money, own land, BUT NOT vote?
free african americans
500
Both of these colonies were settled as economic ventures?
Roanoke , Jamestown
500
What was having a job as a farmer not an option in New England?
Rocky soil, cold long winters
500
What kind of climate do they have in this area?
moderate
500
Who did the plantation owners rely on for labor?
slaves and indentured servants
500
What kind of colonial person was not thought of as a person at all but as property and had NO rights?
enslaved african americans
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