Southern Colonies
What is the cash crop of the Southern Colonies?
tobacco
Why were the Middle Colonies called the breadbasket?
They farmed lots grains. It became their cash crop.
New England colonies did not have great farmlands, but they had great?
fishing and harbors
Which two ships orginally set sail for America with pilgrims?
Mayflower and the Speedwell
When some owes money, it is called what?
A debt
Who was the person who led the Jamestown, Virginia colony?
John Smith
What in New Amsterdam called today?
New York
People who lived in a Puritan colony lived with what kind of rules?
very strict
How many passengers were aboard the Mayflower?
102
Who were the people that followed the teachings of the Christian church that separated from the Catholic church?
Protestants
Who said.."if you don't work, you don't eat."
John Smith
Which group of people in the Middle Colonies believed the all men are created equal and they wanted religious freedom for everyone.
The Quarkers
Which group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The Puritans
How many days was the voyage of the Mayflower?
66
What do we call a person who owes someone work for a certain amount of time in exchange for money or a benefit?
Indentured servant
What was the very last colony that was formed?
Georgia
Which city became the very largest of the 13 colonies?
Philadelphia
Roger Wiliiams, the leader of the Rhode Island Colony believed what unique thing?
That government should be separate from religion
In what year did the Mayflower land?
1620
Georgia colony was start by Jon Oglesthorpe for what kind of people?
the poor and ones that had been jailed for debt
What was the first permanent English settlement?
Virginia
Where did the settlers of the Middle Colonies come from?
Netherlands, Sweden, and Germany
What was the main reason the New England colonies were formed?
People wanted religious freedom
The pilgrims wrote a special contract to live by....what was it called?
The Mayflower Compact
The trip from Africa to America for slaves was called?
The Middle Passage