Colonies I
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
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?
This was a group that settled in the colony of Pennsylvania and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
What were the Quakers?
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is slaves?
This was what the trade between England and the colonies was called _________________.
What was triangular trade?
True or False. Slave trade was widely used in the New England colonies.
What is false?
These products in the Middle Colonies were exported. Name two.
What are wheat, fur trade, iron, trees (wood), shipbuilding, and cattle?
The Southern Colonies needed slaves because _______________.
What is they needed them to work on their plantations?
This is the action of brushing the sheep's wool to make is smooth and soft for thread.
What is carding?
This colony was started for Catholics to practice their religion.
What is Maryland?
This is what was farming was like in the New England colonies.
What is they had poor soil so they had small farms?
Benjamin Franklin lived in this city and worked to improve it. Hint: It is also the location of the Continental Congress meeting.
What is Philadelphia?
The name of George Washington's home.
This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.
Who was Phocahontas?
This colony was for debtors to go and work to pay off their debt.
What was Georgia?
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson started what colony for people to go and practice their religion freely after they were told to leave Massachusetts?
What is Rhode Island?
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?
What is turn wheat into flour?
Roanoke is know as ______________.
What is "The Lost Colony?"
This was a major natural resource for the New England colonies.
What is trees (logging), fish, furs, or ship building?
This word means to accept religious differences.
What is tolerate?
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?