Colonial Regions
This region was known for its cold winters and rocky soil.
What is New England?
This document, signed in 1620, established self-government for the Pilgrims.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This group sought religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who are the Puritans?
These were the main cash crops in the Southern colonies.
What are tobacco and cotton?
This was the first successful English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This region was called the "Breadbasket" due to its wheat and grain production.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This year marked the arrival of the first Africans in Jamestown.
What is 1619?
This group, led by William Penn, founded Pennsylvania for religious tolerance.
Who are the Quakers?
These were the primary industries in New England.
What are fishing and shipbuilding?
This colony, centered around Boston, was established by the Puritans.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
This region relied heavily on enslaved Africans for labor.
What are the Southern Colonies?
This economic system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas in a cycle of trade and slavery.
What is the Triangular Trade?
These people were already living in America when European colonists arrived.
Who are Native Americans?
This type of worker agreed to labor for a set period in exchange for passage to America.
Who are indentured servants?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colonial region was considered the least tolerant in terms of religion and social structure.
What is New England?
This form of labor declined as slavery increased in the colonies.
What is indentured servitude?
This group of religious separatists came to America on the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This colonial region was known for its wheat and grain production.
What are the Middle Colonies?
These three regions made up the 13 colonies.
What are New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
This region had the most diverse religious landscape among the colonies.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This number represents the total of original colonies established by the British in America.
What is 13?
This group was forcibly brought to the colonies to work on plantations.
Who are enslaved Africans?
This economic system, prevalent in the South, relied on large farms and slave labor.
What is the plantation system?
This natural resource in New England contributed to its shipbuilding industry.
What is lumber?