Southern Colonies
The south made money from growing and trading what?
What is cash crops
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the colonies first ____________ body.
What is legislative
What does the acronym RIT stand for when referring to cash crops? ___________
Rice, Indigo and Tobacco
The soil was moderately fertile and there were many grain farms in the ______________________colonies.
What is the Middle Colonies
Large-scale southern farms that relied heavily on slave labor were called ________________.
What is plantations
The Mayflower Compact was significant because it established a form of _________________________based on a social contract.
What is representative (self) government
The nickname for the Middle Colonies was the "___________________" Colonies.
What is Bread-Basket
Puritans established communities and held town meetings where elected officials dealt with community issues as a form of _____________________ government.
What is representative government
Which colonial region made most of their money off of small-scale farming and grain/wheat products?
What is Middle Colonies
What is one reason that American colonists began to practice self-government?
What is distance from Britain OR salutary neglect
Who was the Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania?
Who is William Penn
Slaves from West Africa were shipped to the Americas in what is known as the ____________________trade.
What is the triangle trade OR Transatlantic Slave Trade
The New England Colonies relied heavily on trade due to their close proximity to the coast and their large natural ____________.
What is harbors
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are known as the first written __________________ in the colonies.
What is constitution
Name one of the two individuals who founded Rhode Island as a colony that practiced religious toleration.
Who is Anne Hutchinson OR Roger Williams