Geography
Which colonial region is known as the "Bread Basket" Colonies?
What is the Middle Colonies
Why did the pilgrims come to the New World?
What is to find religious freedom
The colonies were controlled by this European country.
Great Britain
The top leader of a colony was called ______
governor
Before European colonists arrived, what types of people already lived throughout North America.
Native Americans or Indigenous Peoples
What are the names of the 3 countries that wanted to colonize the NEW WORLD?
Spain, England and France
The Puritans and Pilgrims were groups that came to the colonies seeking religious freedom. In which colonial region did they settle?
New England Colonies
The Southern Colonies depended heavily on this economic activity.
Farming
Direct- People vote on every law
Representative- People vote for politicans to vote on every law for you
Who did the southern colonies rely on to work the plantations
African slaves
The 13 Colonies were located along the coast of this ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
What was the event that led to nearly 20 people's deaths, including mostly women, because of paranoia in its Massachusetts colony.
What is the Salem Witch Trials
What is the name of the crop that saved Jamestown?
What is tobacco?
The agreement among the Pilgrims to follow the laws and the government of the colony.
The Mayflower Compact
May explorers traveled to the colonies in search of what item they hoped would make them rich?
Gold
Why was Georgia founded?
As a buffer between the Spanish in Florida from the British in the Colonies
Which colony (now a state) was founded by William Penn as a place where Quakers could practice their religion?
Pennsylvania
This colony had the MOST fertile soil that lead to a surplus in food. They were famous for having Cash Crops.
Middle Colonies
This event was the first major uprising against British rule the colonies ever had, due to the pushback against indentured servants vs slaves.
What is Bacons Rebellion?
As more Europeans arrived, Native American groups sometimes faced conflict because colonists wanted more of their __________.
Land
What is a settlement on a distant land ruled by a mother country called?
What is a colony
The Pilgrims were originally called what?
What is Separatists
Which group of colonies would fish and build ships for the economy?
New England
This was the First Representative Assembly in the Colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses
Many Native Americans died not just during battles with the colonists but also by the ________ the colonists brought.
disease