New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Vocabulary
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100

Why did the Pilgrims travel to America? 

For religious freedom & separate from the church of England

100

What is the nickname for the middle colonies? 

The Breadbasket

100

What was the name of the first small settlement colony in the New World? 

Jamestown

100

When the colonies were created they did not get to rely on Britain anymore, they became _______________. 

Self-sufficient

100

What colony did the Salem Witch Trials take place in? 

Massachusetts

200
What were some industries that the New England colonies were focused on? 

Timber (lumber), shipbuilding and fishing

200

Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania? 

William Penn

200

Name three different types of cash crops

Indigo, Cotton, Tobacco, Sugar

200

The buying and selling of goods leading to economic development is called what? 

Commerce

200

Name two reasons settlers came to the new world

Economic prosperity, as indentured servants, and escape religious persecution

300

What was the document that established Plymouth Colony's form of government? 

The Mayflower Compact

300

Name three religious groups that settled here

Quakers, Catholics, Jews, Presbyterian, Lutherans

300

What group of people was brought to Georgia? 

Debtors

300

Sometimes this can be separated by race, how much money you have, or how much land you own

Class

300

Name two main reasons the colonists struggled when they came to the new world. 

Did not prepare for winter, did not want to put in the work, did not know how to farm, settled in a swamp, had bad water and disease.

400

What did Roger Williams discover? Double points if you can explain how and why he discovered it. 

He founded Rhode Island because he wanted the separation of church and state and wanted native tribes to paid fairly for their lands. 

400

What was the name of New York before it was New York? 

New Amsterdam

400

Unlike the Puritans, most Southerners did not come to the New World seeking religious freedom. What did they seek? 

Land and wealth

400
This was used to help establish the geographic area of a certain colony. 

Charter

400
What was the name of the man who married Pocahontas? 

John Rolfe

500

What was the name of the first ever constitution in the United States

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

500

Name three major industries in the Middle Colonies

Timber, Business, Farming, Blacksmith

500

What was the name of the government system in Virginia

House of Burgesses

500

This document gives the founders of the colonies the right to own the land

Patent

500

Which colony was a safe haven for Catholics? 

Maryland

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