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What is a colony?
A colony is a place that is settled by a group of people outside their home country and belongs to that home country.
What were the name of the New England Colonies?
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
What are the names of the Middle colonies?
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
What were the names of the southern colonies?
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
What was the focus of the French Colonies?
Focused on fur trade with tribes like the Huron, Algonquin, and Innu.
How many colonies were there?
13
What was the geography like in the New England Colonies?
Rocky soil and long, cold winters made farming difficult
Forests and the Atlantic Ocean provided natural resources
Settlements were close together around town centers
What was the geography like in the Middle Colonies?
Fertile soil and a milder climate than New England
Wide rivers like the Hudson and Delaware made trade easier
Good farmland and growing seasons supported diverse crops
What was the geography like in the Southern Colonies?
Warm climate with long growing seasons
Fertile soil perfect for growing cash crops
Many rivers and flat land for plantations and small farms
Why did colonies have different economic developments?
Different resources like land
What are colonists?
The people that came and settled in one of the 13 colonies.
How did the New England Colonies make money?
-SUBSISTENCE FARMING
-SHIPBUILDING,FISHING, WHALING,LUMBER
How did the middle colonies make money?
-Grain Crops (Wheat, oats, corn, etc.)
- Specialized labor (Blacksmiths, coopers, etc.)
Mix of farms, merchants, and skilled workers
How did the southern colonies make money?
-Plantations
- Cash crops (Rice, Indigo, Tobacco, etc.)
Slavery was most common in the south because of what?
Plantation farms
Name one difference between school today and school in the colonies.
-Expected to do chores at school
-Went home for lunch
-In one schoolroom students were ages 5-17
Why did the colonists (Puritans) come to the New England Colonies?
Most of the people settling in the New England colonies came for religious freedom.
True or false:
The Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket colonies” for growing wheat and grains
True
What is a cash crop?
A crop that you can sell for money
What is subsistence farming?
Farming only what you need to survive
Name a reason why the colonists came to the colonies
to practice their religion freely
to make money and make a living
were forced to live there and work as enslaved people.
What kind of people lived in the New England Colonies?
Puritans (English)
Strong focus on religion; many Puritans and Pilgrims
What kind of people lived in the middle colonies?
Diverse (Many nationalities and religions)
Tolerant of different beliefs—home to Quakers, Dutch, Germans, and more
What kind of people lived in the southern colonies?
Plantation Owners and slaves
Maine was one of the 13 colonies
False