New England Colonies
This is the main religion (kind of Christianity) of the New England Colonies.
Puritan
What was the climate of the Middle Colonies?
Moderate summers and cold winters
Two major industries in the Southern Colonies.
Tobacco Indigo
Rice Sugar
Corn Wheat
Cotton
How many colonies are in the New England colonies, and their names.
4- New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Where were the poorest colonists
backcountry
The New England Colonies had what types of winters.
Long and Cold
Peole who tolerate all religions and treat others as equals
Quakers
Act of Toleration
Protected Catholics in Maryland
Puritan name for their Massachusetts Bay Colony
City on the Hill
What was the starving time?
Powhattan starved the people of Jamestown to drive them away and get them back for raiding his food
What resources did the colonists in NewEngland rely on?
Fishing/ship building
Known by this nickname for their production of cash crops like wheat and oats.
"Breadbasket" Colonies
Why was Georgia colonized?
To create land barrier so Spanish would not colonize and to protect debtors
Famous quote by leader of Jamestown
He who works not eats not
Founded by James Oglethorpe.
Georgia
Why was it ironic that the Puritans kicked people out of Massachusetts?
The Puritans established Massachusetts to avoid religious persecution, but then they persecuted others.
Nickname for Philadelphia
City of Brotherly Love
What was easily spread in the Southern Colonies due to their climate?
Disease
These colonies relied heavily on slave labor.
Southern
The joint-stock company that founded Jamestown and the colony it became.
The Virginia Company
The Mayflower Compact
Example of self government
William Penn's anme for his "idea" .
Holy experiment
The first permanent English settlement in America.
Jamestown
First example of a representative government
House of Burgesses
What benefits did the king hope to gain by settling in the colonies of North America
Land, gold, silver, fur and lumber
This Indian helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth
Squanto
Means to accept all religions
tolerate
What did Nathaniel Bacon and his men destroy?
Jamestown
What cash crops were exported from the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco and Rice
What was King Philip's Indian name?
Metacom