Vocabulary
Products made out of Raw Materials
Manufactured Goods
These very religious people settled in New England to escape religious persecution. They had very strict beliefs about how people had to think, believe, act, and speak like everyone else.
The Puritans
Live here if you are a Puritan who wants a community where everyone has the same beliefs and people are very supportive and loyal...as long as you fit in with everyone else
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
New England
Southern Colonies, like Jamestown, planted this money-making crop...holy smokes!
Tobacco
True or False:
There really were witches in Salem terrorizing the town with witchcraft
False
The basic substance used to make products
What are manufactured goods made out of?
Raw Materials
These people settled in Pennsylvania because people in England made fun of their religious beliefs and how they prayed - they used to pray so hard that their bodies would literally shake! They believe that all people are equal under the eyes of God
The Quakers / Religious Society of Friends
Live here if money is your concern:
1. You want to make money (and participating in slavery is not your concern)
OR
2. You are poor, in debt, and want to start your life over again
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
Southern Colonies
Salem, Massachusetts
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
New England
VOCABULARY TERM
If you disagreed with the Puritans or kicked them out, they would punish you with this: to permanently send away, without return
(they'd kick you out permanently - what's that called?)
Banish
A social system where some people have no rights and are completely controlled by others; they are treated as property rather than people
Slavery
If you were this type of person, you would work for a company for free in exchange for passage to the Americas - and after a few years you would be free to live your life as you wanted.
Live here if you value diversity and if you don't really fit in anywhere else...but that's alright! The people who founded this area believe that all people are equal under the eyes of God
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
Middle Colonies
Pennsylvania
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
Middle Colonies
To live in Georgia, you had to follow these three rules (100 points each)
1. No Slaves
2. No Alcohol
3. Limited Land Rights
A contract signed on their ship, the Mayflower, by the Puritans before landing in America. This set up their own laws and society
This man - leader of the Quakers - eventually had a colony named after him: Pennsylvania
William Penn
Live in this Southern Colony if you are a debtor - or a person who owes lots of money and is very poor - and want to start your life over again with a clean slate.
Georgia
Jamestown, Virginia
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies?
Southern Colonies
This Powhatan woman - turned Disney princess - once saved John Smith's life....or did she? It's still not really clear what happened
Pocahontas
A written grant establishing an institution and detailing members' rights and privileges
Charter
This man was the leader of the Jamestown colony. He may (or may not) have had his life saved by a young Pocahontas!
John Smith
Live in this colony if you want to be the first English person to live in the New World...and then mysteriously disappear without a trace in 1590
Roanoke
Before it was an English colony and called "New York," New Amsterdam was a colony that belonged to this country/ethnic people
(Hint: they wear Orange jerseys every FIFA World Cup)
The Dutch
The Netherlands
Giles Corey - the man who actively chose not to participate in the Salem Witch Trials - was pressed to death by the Puritans
Do you remember his EPIC last words?
"More weight"