Early English Settlements
This was the first English settlement that disappeared and is called the “Lost Colony”.
Roanoke
These colonies were called the “breadbasket” because they grew a lot of this food
Wheat or grain
The Southern colonies had warm weather and lots of this for growing Crops.
Lots of farmland (or “farmland”/“many farms”)
New England colonies had cold winters and lots of these tall plants used for building and ships
Forests or trees
Trade happened between Europe, Africa, and these colonies.
America or colonies
The first permanent English colony in Virginia that grew tobacco to make money.
Jamestown
The middle colonies had good soil and these for boats to bring goods.
Rivers and ports
Large farms in the South that grew cash crops were called this.
Plantations
Name one New England Colony.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island
The terrible sea trip enslaved Africans were forced to take to the Americas is called this?
Middle passage
The people who came to Plymouth for religious freedom were called these?
Pigrims
People from many countries came to the middles colonies, so they were very this?
Diverse or diversity
Name one cash crops grown on Southern plantations
Tobacco, rice or indigo
Many people moved to New England for this reason.
Religious freedom
Ships carried goods like sugar and rum and also these people
Enslaved people or enslaved Africans
Name the plan the Pilgrims made to agree n fair laws at Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
Give two examples of middle colonies.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Who worked without pay on many Southern plantations?
Enslaved Africans
Two jobs common in New England were fishing and this other job that made ships
Shipbuilding
Name one way life was cruel for enslaved Africans on plantations.
Crowded ships, no clean water, sickness, being treated as property
This leader helped Jamestown survive by organizing work and trade?
John Smith
Name one job people did in the middle colonies besides farming?
Trade/craft workers or trading
Give one reason why the Southern colonies needed many workers on large farms.
Because plantations needed many people to plant and harvest large fields. Or “The work on big farms took a lot of people.
Describe the soil and why farmers in New England did not grow as many crops.
The soil was rocky and not good for big farms, so they could not grow as many crops
Explain in one short sentence why slavery was unfair
Because people were forced to work without pay and were treated as property, which is not fair.