13 Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Potpourri
100
This colony was formerly a part of New York.
What is New Jersey
100
Why did the NE colonies NOT focus on agriculture?
They had poor, rocky soil
100
What Middle Colony was originally founded by the Dutch?
NY
100
What was the Southern Colonies economies based on?
Agriculture/farming
100
Quakers were known for what?
Being pacifists and seeing everyone as equal.
200
Home to the House of Burgesses
What is Virginia
200
What was the first NE Colony to allow religious tolerance?
RI
200
This colony was known for tolerance and had a diverse population.
PA
200
This Southern Colony originally outlawed slavery and rum.
GA
200
Why were Africans used to help capture other Africans as slaves?
Europeans would stick out, be easily spotted and therefore couldn't capture slaves.
300
Colony closest to and in most danger from the Spanish; founded by James Oglethorpe.
What is Georgia
300
What are some things that made up the NE Colonies economy?
Fishing, ship building, trade, etc.
300
What colony formed from the lower part of PA?
DE
300
What Southern Colony was home to the first permanent English settlement in the New World?
VA
300
How did tobacco save the Jamestown Colony?
Became a cash crop that could be sold to Europe. Easily transported across the sea.
400
This was the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line.
400
What is the name of the mass movement of people from England to the NE Colonies in the late 1620's to 1640?
The Great Migration
400
What kind of economy did the Middle Colonies have?
Combination of agriculture and trade.
400
What are some cash crops of the Southern Colonies?
Indigo, rice, tobacco, sugar
400
What was the Triangle Trade?
Trade network between Europe, Africa and the Americas.
500
Original home of the Puritans
What is Massachusetts
500
What are the NE Colonies?
MA, CT, NH, RI
500
What are the Middle Colonies?
NY, PA, DE, NJ
500
What are the Southern Colonies?
What are GA, SC, NC, VA and MD
500
What happened during Bacon's Rebellion?
VA farmers led by Nathanial Bacon rebelled against the VA gov't because they wanted to move westward, but the gov't wouldn't let them.
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