New England Colonies
The first colony established in the New England colonies
What is Plymouth (Massachusetts)?
Original name for New York
What is New Amsterdam?
This man led the settlers in the Jamestown colony
Large farms that often grew one type of crop and relied on slave labor
What is a plantation?
This body of water separates Great Britain from the English colonies
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Name the 4 New England Colonies
What are Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
The Middle colonies earned this nickname because they produced a lot of wheat
What are the "Breadbasket" colonies?
Name the 5 Southern Colonies
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
A particular crop grown in large amounts for the purpose of making money
What is a cash crop?
A blue flowery plant used to dye clothing
What is indigo?
The soil quality could be describe as ____ in the New England Colonies
Rocky
Peaceful religious group common in the Middle Colonies (hint: think oats)
What are Quakers?
The climate of the Southern colonies is characterized by (multiple answers may be accepted)...
Hot, humid summers
Mild Winters
Long Growing Season
Another word for farming
He married Pocahontas, helping to keep peaceful relationships with the Native Americans living near Jamestown
Who is John Rolfe?
The dominant religious group in the New England Colonies
What are Puritans?
Name the 4 Middle Colonies
What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
This crop saved the Jamestown colony
What is Tobacco?
An area of land owned by a "mother country"
What is a colony?
This landform creates the western border of the 13 colonies
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Economic activities in the New England Colonies included...
Fishing, Shipbuilding, Whaling, Manufacturing
This colony was founded by Quakers seeking religious freedom
What is Pennsylvania?
The first colony established in the Southern colonies was...
What is Jamestown (Virginia)?
An economic system in which colonies provide resources to a mother country in order to increase exports from the mother country
What is mercantilism?
Jamestown was experiencing a period of _____ during the Starving Time of 1608-1609
What is drought?