New England
This was the most heavily populated colony in New England.
What is Massachusetts?
Penn's Woods
What is Pennsylvania?
The last Southern colony to be founded, primarily as a dumping ground for debtors.
What is Georgia?
Lost colony but not forgotten.
What is Roanoke?
True or false. The Mayflower carried five horses to America.
What is false? It carried a little over 100 people and some smaller animals.
Puritan leader and "city upon a hill"
Who is John Winthrop?
Unlike the Puritans, they were tolerant towards the Indians.
Who are the Quakers?
The two main cash crops of the South were tobacco and this.
What is rice?
The two main types of forced or coerced labor was African slavery and this.
What is indentured servants?
Escaped slaves living in maroon colonies in Florida often survived on the tough meat from this animal.
What is alligator?
New England's economy was based on this.
What is trade with England or ship building?
The Middle Colonies were known for growing cereal crops such as wheat, corn, and these.
What are oats?
South Carolina was directly connected to this island in the Caribbean.
What is Barbados?
The headright system was used to bring more of these to America.
What are workers or colonists?
The first Thanksgiving meal included this four legged animal commonly hunted by Northeast Indians.
What are deer?
This 1675-1676 conflict eliminated the Indian threat to New England.
What is King Philip's War?
The smallest of the middle colonies, it famously became the first state to ratify the Constitution.
What is Delaware?
The Starving Time, John Smith, and 1607 are all related to this colony.
What is Jamestown?
Capitalism is to the 21st century as _________ was to the 17th century.
What is mercantilism?
Many early Americans believed this harvest time bird was the true symbol of America.
What is the turkey?
To promote literacy and teach ministers, the Puritans created this university.
What is Harvard?
The largest city in the Middle Colonies who's name means 'brotherly love'.
What is Philadelphia?
The Acts of Toleration passed in 1649 initially made this colony a haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
James Oglethorpe is best associated with this colony.
What is Georgia?
The name of George Washington's horse or the victor of Waterloo.
Who is Nelson?