A person who comes into a country to make a new life.
What is an immigrant.
200
The reason why it was difficult to farm in the New England colonies.
What is the climate was cold and the growing season was short and there was rocky soil.
200
These people settled in the Middle Colonies looking for religious freedom.
Who are the Quakers.
200
The reasons why the Southern Colonies were good for farming.
What is they had a warm climate with a long growing season and fertile soil.
200
The first permanent settlement by English settlers in Virginia.
What is Jamestown.
200
This country colonized the 13 colonies.
What is England.
300
These people settled in the New England Colonies for religious freedom and to purify the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans.
300
2 reasons why Middle Colonists were able to ship goods in and out of their colonies.
What is they had good, big rivers and coastal harbors for shipping.
300
These four cash crops were grown in the Southern Colonies.
What is tobacco, cotton, rice, and indigo.
300
New Jersey is located in this colonial region.
What is the Middle Colonies.
300
These colonies were famous for their great diversity.
What is the Middle Colonies.
400
These colonies (New England, Middle, or Southern) are colder than the other two colonial regions for this reason.
What is the New England Colonies are the coldest because they are furthest from the equator.
400
The reason why the Middle Colonies were called "The Breadbasket Colonies"
What is there were many flour mills and they were able to farm more than they could eat and export their extra crops to other colonies and England.
400
2 ways how small farms and plantations are different.
What is plantations are bigger and required more workers. They were located on coastal plains while small farms were in the backcountry. Plantations were worked by large amounts of slaves and indentured servants while small farm owners worked their own lands sometimes with a few indentured servants or slaves.
400
These colonies had fewer cities and towns because so much of the land was used for farming
What is the Southern Colonies
400
These people settled in the Southern Colonies for this reason.
What is rich aristocrats or businessmen settled in the Southern Colonies to gain land and become more wealthy.
500
These two industries were very important to the economy of the New England Colonies.
What is shipbuilding and fishing.
500
The reason why the Middle Colonies were known as the Great Melting Pot.
What is they had a diverse population of people from all over Europe who were tolerant of others of different backgrounds.
500
Two ways how indentured servants were different from slaves.
What is indentured servants chose to work on plantations and would be set free after a period of 4-7 years. Most came from England. Slaves were taken against their will and worked for life. Most in the Southern colonies were taken from Africa or had African ancestors.
500
List the 13 colonies.
What is Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
500
This settlement was called the "Lost Colony" for this reason.
What is Roanoke was called the lost colony because its settlers were nowhere to be found when a settler who had left the colony returned.