Jamestown and Plymouth
Vocabulary
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
100
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
100
This group wanted a place to practice thier religious beliefs and founded the Massachusetts Bay colony (Salem, Boston)in New England. They wanted to "purify" the Church of England.
Who were the Puritans?
100
This was a group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
What were the Quakers?
100

How many Southern Colonies are there.

Who were Four?

200
This was a leader of Jamestown that improved their conditions by making the rule "If you don't work, you don't eat".
Who was John Smith?
200

A person skilled at making things by hand.

What is an Artisan?

200
This was the leading industry in New England?
What was shipbuilding?
200
These crops grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. They gave these colonies the nickname the "breadbasket" colonies. (Name two)
What are wheat, corn, and rye?
200

Describe the climate in the Southern Colonies. 

What was Warm?

300
In this document, the signers agreed to make and obey fair laws.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300

A crop grown for sale rather than for use by farmers.

What is cash crops?

300
These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name two)
What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?
300

Describe the Climate in the Middle colonies. 

What is mixed with warm and cold seasons. 

300
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
400
This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.
Who was Phocahontas?
400

The right to practice the religion of one's choosing without government interference. 

What is religious freedom?

400

Describe the climate in the New England Colonies.

What was snowflakes and harsh winters?

400

A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania. He was member of the "Society of Friends".

Who was William Penn?

400
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is a slave?
500
This Wampanoag tribe member helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
Who was Squanto?
500

a series of laws passed by the english Parliament to protect English shipping by restricting the transport of good to and from the English colonies.

What was a Navigation Act?

500

There are five New England colonies, name five out of four. 

Who was Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. 

500

There are five Middle colonies name four out of five.  

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. 

500
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?
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