New England Colonies
What was the geography and climate of the N.E.C?
Hills/Mountains, thick forests, long coastline.
Long winters, short summers
What was the geography and climate of the Middle Colonies?
Easy access to major rivers, fertile soil, flatter land, warmer than N.E.C, longer growing season, cold winters, humid summers
What are the two geography regions of the Southern Colonies?
Tidewater and Piedmont
What colony region did New York belong to?
Middle Colonies
What is the term for growing crops for profit, instead of personal use?
Cash crop
Disagreements over religions leads to the creations of new _____________
Colonies
What is the economy of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat and grain farming, industry beginning to grow
What was the economy of the Southern Colonies?
Crop farming, slavery, large plantations
What colony region did Virginia belong to?
Southern Colonies
The first people coming to the New World for Religious freedom?
Pilgrims
What was the economy of the N.E.C?
Fishing/whaling, ship building, fur trading
Who country originally had control of New York?
The Dutch
What was the 1st successful "town" in the New World?
Jamestown
What colony was considered the "Breadbasket"?
Pennsylvania
Quakers
What was the name of the 1st self-government in America?
Hint: it was also the name of the ship that brought them to the New World
Mayflower Compact
All different __________ were welcomed to live in peace, allowing true freedom of __________
Religion
Who was the 1st leader in Jamestown?
John Smith
New England
This group of people left England for religious freedom, but ended up being more strict than the Church of England.
Puritans
Match these people with the colony they created.
Roger Williams, Thomas Hooker, John Wheelwright
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Who was the Quaker who helped settle Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What crop lead to large amounts of profits and led Jamestown to become successful?
Tobacco
What colony was a "buffer" zone to keep the Spanish from expanding North?
Georgia
In order to _______ you had to be a white male who owned land.
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