Jamestown
This crop became the primary source of income for the colony of Jamestown.
What is Tobacco?
Reason New England has trouble farming.
What is a short growing season and cold winters?
Founder of Pennsylvania.
Who is William Penn?
The South's climate and fertile soil led to these large farms.
What are Plantations?
King James granted a charter to the Virginia Company to...
What is settle and civilize America for the English, prevent Spanish advancements in the New World, and Assist in finding a northern passage to Asia?
Established in 1620 this Colony grows into the Massachusetts Colony.
What is the Plymouth Colony?
This term refers to the area that grows grains.
What is a Breadbasket?
This system granted land to the head of the family for each family member moving to the new world.
What is the Headright System?
Geography of Jamestown
What is a swamp and river that offer protection from indigenous tribes?
Becomes Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
Who is John Winthrop?
What was the dominant religious group in the Middle Colonies?
What is Trick Question? There was no single dominant religious group.
Maryland is a refuge for this group of people.
Who are the English Catholics?
In the tribe of the Powhatan people who owned the land?
What is the Community?
These meetings practiced Athenian-style direct democracy.
What are Town Meetings?
Name the Middle Colonies
What are Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Delaware
These codes were laws limiting the number of enslaved Africans who could be brought to the colonies, laws drawn to differentiate between servant's rights and slave's rights, and the process through which enslaved people were counted for tax purposes.
What are the Slave Codes
The first colonial representative government in America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The economy of the New England Colonies was based on...
What is lumber, Shipbuilding, Fishing and Trade?
Who owns the Middle Colonies?
Who are individuals appointed by the King?
Georgia was created for what purpose?
What is acting as a debtor's colony and acting as a buffer between the British and Spanish Florida?