New England
Name 2 of the colonies in New England?
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts.
Name two Middle Colonies.
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Name 3 Southern Colonies.
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Name 1 reason Europeans came to settle in America.
seeking religious freedom
seeking economic opportunities - seeking better land and work prospects
political liberty / freedom
Which region had the fewest enslaved people?
New England
Name two of the main economic industries in New England.
Fishing
Shipbuilding
Lumbering
Trading
What nickname did the Middle Colonies have and why?
Breadbasket Colonies
because they grew lots of grain / wheat
What were the 3 main cash crops?
tobacco
rice
indigo
What were indentured servants?
Workers who exchanged labor for passage to the colonies
Which colony was first settled for Catholics?
Maryland
Who founded Rhode Island and why?
Roger Williams
for religious freedom
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What two types of labor were first used in Jamestown and then on other southern plantations?
1) indentured servants
2) enslaved people
What role did women have in colonial life?
homemaking
farming
Which colony was the first to be founded?
Virginia
What was the climate and land like in New England?
cold winters
rocky soil
What religion was most associated with Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Why was Georgia founded?
as a place for debtors to colonize (people in debt)
The Columbian Exchange became known as Triangular Trade as there was trade between 3 continents. What are the 3 continents?
Europe
Africa
North America
Which colony was founded last?
Georgia
What were the names of the two settlements that became colonies that merged together to form the new colony of Massachusetts in 1691?
Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Aside from farming, what industries did the Middle Colonies have? Name 4.
shipbuilding
ironworks
fishing
lumbering
cattle
Why did Britain want to make sure that the land that became Georgia was settled?
to block the Spanish from coming on the land and taking it from Britain
1) proprietary colony - started and run by a British company
2) royal colony - started and run by the British government
What ocean bordered the 13 colonies?
Which colony was the smallest?
Which colony was the 2nd smallest?
Atlantic Ocean
Rhode Island
Delaware