13 Colonies
The very first English colony in North America, in which all the people disappeared.
What is Roanoke?
This colonial region had the shortest growing season.
What are the New England colonies?
Colonial trade routes between Europe, Africa, and North America
What is Triangular Trade?
New York was settled by this group of people.
Who are the Dutch ?
The eastern boundary of the 13 English colonies was along this physical feature.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The first successful English colony
What is Jamestown?
Many slaves and indentured servants worked in this colonial region on the large plantations.
What are the Southern Colonies.
growing one plant to be sold for a profit
What is a cash crop?
List 3 important cash crops of the Southern colonies.
What are tobacco, rice, and cotton?
(indigo is also acceptable)
The western boundary of the 13 English colonies was along this physical feature.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
The 5 New England colonies
What is Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?
The largest cities in the colonies were located in this region.
What are the Middle colonies?
People who forced to work in the Southern region were
What are enslaved people?
The nickname of the Middle colonies.
What are the "Bread Basket" colonies?
This river connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
What is the St Lawrence River?
The 4 Middle colonies
What are New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware?
This colonial region was most likely home to shipbuilders.
What is New England?
large farms that grow cash crops but need a lot of labor
What are plantations?
The fight between the French and the English for control of land in North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
The first settlers to to this region settled along the Massachusetts Bay.
What is New England?
The 5 Southern colonies.
What are Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
People from several different countries settled in this region bringing with them many cultures and religions.
What are the Middle colonies?
An area of land controlled and governed by a distant country
What is a colony?
Following the French and Indian War. the two countries with the most land in North America.
What are Spain and England?
The settlers of Jamestown settled in this bay.
What is the Chesapeake Bay.