Reasons for Colonization
This was the main reason the Puritans created the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Religious freedom / creating a religious community
This geographic feature made large-scale farming difficult in New England.
Rocky soil.
The Middle Colonies were known as the __________ Colonies because they produced grain.
Breadbasket
This climate best describes the Southern Colonies.
Warm with long growing seasons
This term describes large farms in the Southern Colonies that grew cash crops.
Planations
These two European countries focused most on wealth and trade when colonizing the Americas.
France and Spain
This economic activity was most important in the New England Colonies.
Fishing & Shipbuilding
This feature helped Middle Colony cities grow quickly, especially near the water.
Port Citiies
These crops were most closely associated with Southern plantations.
Rice, tobacco, cotton, and indigo
(cash crops)
This term means allowing people to practice different religions and beliefs.
tolerance
Because England treated the colonies like ______________________, colonists were expected to grow crops and trade goods.
businesses
These meetings allowed adult male property owners to vote on local issues.
Town Meetings
This group played a major role in promoting religious tolerance in the Middle Colonies.
Why did plantation owners eventually rely on enslaved Africans?
They provided a permanent workforce
This term refers to people who worked for a set number of years to pay off their passage to the colonies.
Indentured Servants
This was England’s main goal in colonizing the Americas.
Permanent Settlements
This group of people founded Plymouth colony for religious freedom.
Pilgrims/Separatists
Why was wheat grown more successfully in the Middle Colonies than in New England?
Ferile Soil and Mild Climate
Who held most political power in the Southern Colonies?
Plantation Owners
This term describes people who wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Separatist
Which colony became England's first permanent settlement in 1607?
Virginia
This New England colony was created by Roger Williams. He left Massachusetts and created this colony so people could practice any religion.
Rhode Island
This middle colony was named after its founder and was created for religious tolerance.
Pennsylvania
This southern colony was created as a place for debtors or poor English citizens. It was the last colony created by England in 1732.
Georgia
This two word term describes a system where a small group of wealthy landowners held most political power.
**think of the triangle system we discussed with poor people at the bottom and rich people at the top**
Social Class