New England
Why did most people come to New England?
Religious Freedom (think Separatists and Puritans)
Bonus** Write your favorite fact about the 13 colonies that we learned this unit
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How did the Southern colonies make money?
Farming cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
Bonus** Who had a peg leg?
Peter Stuyvesant
What are the 3 regions of the 13 colonies?
New England, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
What was the name of the boat that the Pilgrims sailed on?
Mayflower
What is the nickname for the middle colonies?
Breakbasket colonies
What was the first English settlement?
Jamestown in Virginia
Bonus** What is Miss Rockmaker's favorite region and why?
Middle Colonies is Miss Rockmaker's favorite region because it had all the best qualities of the other regions.
Why did the 3 regions develop differently?
Climate/ weather/ geography
What contract did the Pilgrims write before they left the boat?
Mayflower Compact
Why were the Middle Colonies unique and successful?
Which colony was a refuge for English Catholics?
Maryland
Founded by George Calvert
Which group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Puritans
What colonies were in New England? (4)
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
The trip from Africa to America was called the
__________ ___________.
Middle Passage
What colonies were in the Middle Colonies? (4)
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
What were the biggest cash crops in South Carolina?
Rice and Indigo
What did John Smith tell the colonists in Jamestown to get them to work?
If they did not work they could not eat.
What colonies were in the Southern Colonies? (4 maybe 5)
Virginia, Maryland, Carolinas, Georgia
The people in a Puritan colony were very ______ rules.
Strict
Which city became the largest of the 13 Colonies?
Philadelphia in Pennsylvania
Who did most of the work on large plantations?
Enslaved Africans
John Oglethorpe tried to start a colony for which group of people?
Poor people (people who were in debt)
How did the 3 colonies develop differently? What kinds of people settled in each region? Why did they settle there? Be specific.
New England: Protestants settled for religious freedom
Middle Colonies: Different cultures settled to trade and get rich.
Southern Colonies: Most settled to make money farming. Some settled for religious freedom (Maryland)