Vocabulary
A religious group that wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Who are Pilgrims?
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
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 Pennsylvania and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
Who were the Quakers?
This colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe haven for Catholics.
What was Maryland?
A legal document giving certain rights to a person or company.
What is a charter?
This person's leadership saved the Jamestown Colony and is know for saying "He that does not work, shall not eat."
Who was John Smith?
The two major industries for the New England Colonies.
What was shipbuilding and fishing?
Wheat, corn, and rye grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. This is why the middle colonies were given this nickname.
What is the "breadbasket colonies"?
(Double Jeopardy) Name the southern colonies. (hint: southern bells)
What is Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
This 1620 document was the first self-government plan in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Was the founder of Rhode Island.
Who was Roger Williams?
Name the New England Colonies.
What is Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut?
This colony was originally a Dutch colony before taken over by the British.
What is New York?
The name of a large farm in the southern colonies.
What is a plantation?
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.
What is religious toleration?
(Double Jeopardy) Was the founder of Georgia.
Who was James Oglethorp?
This New England colony was founded by Thomas Hooker.
Who was Thomas Hooker?
Name the middle colonies.
What is New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is a slave?
Agricultural products grown for profit rather than for a farmer's family/needs.
What is a cash crop?
Puritan leader that was the founder of the Massachusetts Colony.
Who was John Winthrop?
The Pilgrims landed here when storms pushed their storms off course. .
What was Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The founders of Delaware.
Swedish settlers?
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, cotton, indigo, and rice?