Similarities
Differences
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
A group of these people put in prison for owing money settled in the Southern Colonies (Georgia).
Who were debtors?
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

Thinking about Spain, England, & France what are the 3 G's?

Gold, God, and Glory.

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 one)

What are wheat, corn, and rye?

200

These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)

What are cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice?

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

Why did England colonize North America?

  • Economic opportunity for a better life.

  • Religious Freedom to worship how they please.

  • Lots of unclaimed land.

  • Resources (mercantilism) for the mother country.

300

These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name one)

What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?

300

This word means to accept religious differences.

What is tolerance?

300
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
400

This Wampanoag tribe member helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth.

Who was Squanto?

400

Why did  France colonize North America?

  • To trap and collect furs (specifically beaver pelts).

To become allies, trade, or intermarry with Native American tribes.

400

These two leaders started settlements that joined to become the Rhode Island Colony.

Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?

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 Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.

Who was Pocahontas

500

What areas did Spain colonize North America?

  • They colonized most of South America, Central America, and Mexico (as well as Florida and the American Southwest).

500

  • What was  the first representative assembly in the New World. Laws included taxes and regulations on tobacco prices ?

  • House of Burgesses

500


Benjamin Franklin lived in this city and worked to improve it.


What is Philadelphia?

500


He founded Georgia to help debtors pay back their debts.


Who was James Oglethorpe?

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