Settlements
Which present day state is Jamestown located?
Virginia
Name one job found in New England
sail making, blacksmith, shipbuilding, fishing
Who settled in the Middle Colonies?
William Penn and the Quakers
Big southern farms are known as
Plantations
What is geography
The study of land, water, climate, and the environment
Which group were also called 'separatists' because they wanted to separate from the Church of England?
Pilgrims
What was considered the center of life for New Englanders?
church
What is livestock?
Farm animals like cows or pigs
What are the cash crops?
indigo, rice, and tobacco
What is economic?
Relates to money and the wealth and resources in a community
Which settlement is known as 'the Lost Colony?'
Roanoke Island
The Puritans and Pilgrims settled in this New England colony
Massachusetts
Where farmers go to sell their goods?
Where would Southerners go to trade?
county seat
What is political?
Relates to government and laws in a society
Which group caused the Salem Witch Trials?
Puritans
What was the basis for self-government?
Mayflower Compact
What is the British government?
Parliament
What is an overseer?
they were hired to watch over the enslaved workers
What is specialization?
An area of expertise of a specific job or skill
Who founded Georgia, a place for debtors?
James Oglethorpe
Clustered in small villages
What were the three reasons immigrants settled in the middle colonies?
religious liberty, tolerance, and individual land ownership
Who controlled the local laws?
Large landowners
What is interdependence?
To rely on someone for something else