New England
These religious Separatists traveled on the Mayflower and established Plymouth Colony.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This colony was founded by William Penn and became known for religious tolerance.
What is Pennsylvania?
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were examples of these crops grown primarily to sell for profit.
What are cash crops?
These four colonies made up the New England region.
What are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?
These people shared religious beliefs and wanted to separate completely from the Church of England.
Who are the Separatists?
This type of worker agreed to work for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies.
What is an indentured servant?
William Penn's Great Law of 1682 promoted this principle in Pennsylvania.
What is religious freedom/tolerance?
This colony began as an English settlement in 1607 and became an important center of tobacco production.
What is Virginia?
These colonies were located in the Middle Colonies region
What are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware?
This woman is associated with helping the Jamestown colonists establish relationships with the Powhatan people.
Who is Pocahontas?
Unlike Massachusetts, this colony founded by Roger Williams provided greater religious freedom and separation between church and government.
What is Rhode Island?
This colony was originally founded by the Dutch as New Netherland before coming under English control.
What is New York?
Virginia increasingly relied on enslaved Africans because plantation agriculture created a demand for this.
What is a large, permanent labor force?
Name the five colonies included in the Southern Colonies on the assessment's map.
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
This Native American helped the Plymouth colonists by teaching them skills that helped them survive in their new environment
Who is Squanto?
Roger Williams disagreed with Massachusetts Puritans primarily over this issue.
What is religious freedom/separation of church and government?
Unlike many other colonies, New York was originally governed under a system in which this person had significant authority.
Who is the English governor?
Of the three colonial regions, this region became particularly associated with plantation agriculture and cash crops.
What is the Southern Colonies?
This colonial region depended heavily on the ocean for fishing, shipbuilding, and trade.
What is New England?
The Mayflower Compact established this idea: colonists would agree to create laws and government for the benefit of the entire colony
What is self-government/self-rule?
Massachusetts and Rhode Island were different in their religious policies, but the New England colonies shared this important characteristic of government.
What is self-government?
Imagine you are an English colonist choosing where to live. You want fertile land, a diverse population, and relatively broad religious tolerance. Based on the characteristics studied in this unit, which colonial region would best fit those conditions?
What are the Middle Colonies?
Why did the environment of the Southern Colonies encourage a different economy from that of New England?
Because the warmer climate and longer growing season supported large-scale agriculture and cash crops, while New England's environment was less suited to plantation farming.
A colonist lives in an area with fertile soil, a long growing season, and large plantations producing tobacco, rice, or indigo. Which region is the colonist most likely living in, and why?
What are the Southern Colonies, because their climate and geography supported plantation agriculture and cash crops?
Consider this idea from the Mayflower Compact: the settlers agree to “combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic” and create laws for the “general good.” What larger democratic principle does this illustrate?
What is the idea that government is created through an agreement among members of a community to establish rules and promote the common good?