Colonial Regions
This colonial region had rocky soil and long winters.
What is New England?
This natural resource helped New England colonists make money through fishing and shipbuilding.
What is the ocean?
Many colonists earned money by growing crops or making goods to sell. This is called this type of work.
What is farming or working a trade?
This colony was founded by William Penn.
What is Pennsylvania?
This document listed rules for colonists living in a colony.
What is a charter?
The Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket” because they grew a lot of this.
What is grain (wheat)?
The Southern Colonies had this type of climate, which was good for farming
What is warm and humid?
Many Southern colonists worked on large farms called these.
What are plantations?
This colony was known for shipbuilding and fishing.
What is Massachusetts?
Many colonists came to America for this freedom.
What is religious freedom?
This region had plantations and relied heavily on enslaved labor
What are the Southern Colonies?
Rivers were important because they helped colonists with transportation and this activity.
What is trade?
This economic activity involved exchanging goods without money.
What is trade?
This Southern colony grew a lot of rice.
What is South Carolina?
This group of people helped make laws in some colonies.
What is an assembly?
New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies are examples of these.
What are colonial regions?
This geographic feature made farming difficult in New England.
What is rocky soil?
New England colonists made money by building and selling these.
What are ships?
This colony was the first permanent English settlement.
What is Virginia?
Colonists were still ruled by this country.
What is England?
This region included colonies like Pennsylvania and New York.
What are the Middle Colonies?
Colonists often settled near this geographic feature for water and travel.
What is a river?
This triangular system traded raw materials, goods, and enslaved people.
What is triangular trade?
This colony was founded as a safe place for debtors and the poor.
What is Georgia?
This idea means people have the right to help make decisions about their government.
What is self-government?