European Exploration
This English colony was used as a blueprint for other Southern Colonies:
Virginia
What made Jamestown finally profitable after years of starvation?
Tobacco
What prevented people in the New England colonies from growing cash crops, such as tobacco, like the colonists in the South?
The soil in the northern colonies was rocky and the climate was not good for farming.
Why were the Middle Colonies called "the breadbasket" of the colonies?
The economy of the south was built on
Producing cash crops (agriculture)
What motivated the British to settle the Southern colonies?
Economic gain
How did the headright system work in attracting settlers to Virginia?
If you paid your way to the New World, you could have land for free
What document did the Pilgrims sign before landing at Plymouth in 1620 that laid the foundation for creating a government by the people?
What view was radically different between the Puritans and the Quakers
The Quakers believed in religious freedom
The Headright system helped establish what?
Large plantations
Which settlement was the first permanant British (English) settlement in the New World?
Jamestown
What were the three main cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies?
What were the main economic activities that allowed the New England colonies to prosper?
Harvesting lumber, building ships, engaging in trade
What were the two main purposes for which the Middle Colonies were founded?
Profit and a little bit of religious freedom
This area was the most diverse, settled by several groups of Europeans (the dutch, swedes, and English)
Middle Colonies
What prevented French Protestants from settling in French colonies?
The French did not allow them to settle colonies in the new world
What geographic factor made the Southern colonies an ideal place for cash crops?
Climate and fertile soil
What was the main reason the New England Colonies were established?
Religious freedom
What Quaker belief helped Pennsylvania attract many different groups of people?
Who had the economic power in the Southern colonies?
Plantation owners
What three main things did English settlers bring to their colonies in North America?
Culture (language), Protestant religion, and ideas of self-government
What was the significance of the House of Burgesses established in 1619?
What can we learn from the story of Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams?
The puritans did not tolerate dissenters (people who disagreed)
Why was Pennsylvania known as the "holy experiment"?
Religious toloerance
How did Geography affect the American colonies?