13 Colonies
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Which region's colonist were exclusively searching for religious freedom?
What are the New England colonies?
Founder of Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn
Last colony to be settled
What is Georgia?
religious freedom
This type of colony is under the direct rule of the English crown.
What is a royal colony
What is a cash crop
This region's economy depended on large plantations that grew cotton, indigo, and tobacco.
What is the southern region also known as the southern colonies?
Colony that mysteriously disappeared prior to people arriving at Jamestown.
What is Roanoke?
The first permanent English colony in the Americas
What is Jamestown?
This group of people founded the colony of New Netherlands which later became the colony of New York.
Who are the Dutch?
The Quakers, Puritans, and Catholics wanted to establish __________ __________ in the new colonies.
What is religious freedom?
First English colony in America that mysteriously vanished
What is Roanoke Island, or The Lost Colony?
Settlers in New England who were known for their devout faith and strict religious laws
Puritans
What colony is New York in?
What are the middle colonies
This crop helped save Jamestown.
tobacco
This group believed in the town meeting system where each community should rule itself.
Who are the Puritans?
A holiday started by celebrating success at the Plymouth Colony.
What is Thanksgiving?
These colonies are part of what region?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
The New England Colonies.
Pennsylvania was mainly settled by what religious group?
Who are the Quakers?
This government document was set up by the Pilgrims to set up rules and regulations.
What is the Mayflower Compact
Reason for Dutch and French settlement in the New World.
What is a the fur trade?
What colony did Thomas Hooker establish?
What is Connecticut?
"Owner" of Maryland
Who was Lord Baltimore?
These colonies are part of what region? New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
The Middle Colonies.
Georgia was established in 1732 (last) as a haven for these people.
Who are debtors??
This word means the mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their belief
What is persecution?
Signed a contract to work as a servant in order to gain passage to the colonies.
What is an indentured servant?
These colonies were in what region? South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia
What is the south or the southern colonies?
Which colony was known as the breadbasket colony?
What is the Middle Colonies?
Houses, such as these, were built in the Southern Colonies by settlers who had indentured slaves.
What are planations?
Which colony had a greater diversity of people?
What are the middle colonies
Anara of rolling hills between the base of the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coast.
What is the piedmont?
New Netherlands later became known as what?
New York
Which country profited from fur trade and made good friends with the Native Americans?
Of the 3 colonies attempted by England, 1 failed and 2 were successful. What are the 2 that were successful?
Jamestown and Plymouth (Massachusetts)
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
What colony gained economic wealth by whaling, shipbuilding and lumber?
What are the New England Colonies?
This saved Jamestown Colony and eventually made it very profitable.
What is tobacco?
Which country profited from gold and silver mines in the New World (America)?
Spain
What year was Plymouth founded?
1620
2 PART QUESTION
Concerning the 13 Colonies, how many regions are they? Name them.
3: New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies
What was the number one difference between the Puritans and Pilgrims?
The Pilgrims wanted complete separation from the Church of England, and the Puritans did not.
Which of the 3 colonies had harsh winters and a short growing season?
What are the New England colonies?
Corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rye.
What are the cash crops of the Middle colonies?
The group of people believed in equality for all people
Who are the Quakers?
The Mayflower Compact was a written set of laws for organizing the Plymouth Colony. It was written by both Pilgrims and others aboard the Mayflower with this being priority. What political principle did it establish?
The principle of "self-government"
The House of Burgesses signified what?
The beginning of a representative government in the English Colonies
Planter who led a rebellion in 1676 against Jamestown.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
What colony did Roger Williams establish?
What is Rhode Island?
Who established the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Who is John Winthrope?
Why was Maryland established?
It was established as a haven for Catholics
What law was passed to protect Catholics in Maryland?
The Act of Toleration
Who was in control of the Colonies and Colonists in the New World?
England
Why were the settlements built by rivers or along the coast?
It served as a means of transportation and trade.
Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
The regions had different geographies and resources
The main type of Christianity in the New England colonies?
What is the Puritans
Which colony is the House of Burgesses associated with?
The Virginia Colony
What was the 1st written constitution in the Colonies?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Why did Roger Williams clash with the Puritans of Massachusetts?
He didn't feel that it was right to force everyone to worship a certain way
Year of the Starving Time" in Jamestown.
What is 1609?