Reasons for Settlement
Which religious group wanted to practice their faith without interference, and settled in Pennsylvania?
The Quakers
What was it called when men and women agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage to the colonies?
indentured servants
Which colony had rocky soil and a jagged coastline?
New England
The specialization of the New England colonies was best known for what? (2 things)
Shipbuilding and naval supplies
Which 3 colonies were settled for religious reasons?
Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, and Pennsylvania
Why did the Puritans come to America?
to practice their religion freely
Why was slavery accepted in the colonies?
This provided labor that helped the economy
Which does NOT describe the geography of New England?
Appalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, Jagged Coastline, or Fertile Soil
Fertile Soil
The village and church were the center of social life in
Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, or Massachusetts?
Massachusetts
During colonial America, religious reformers primarily lived in the (blank) colonies
New England
Roanoke and Jamestown were similar in that both were established for what?
As an economic venture
What group worked as caretakers, houseworkers, and homemakers?
Women
What is the climate of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
Moderate year round
Market towns were important to Mid-Atlantic colonies because they allowed colonies to -
trade
Which group of people primarily lived in New England?
Quakers, unskilled workers, separatists, or large landowners
Separatists
Plymouth colony was settled by separatists who wanted to-
avoid religious persecution
Which group of people worked the land and relied on family members for labor?
farmers
How was the civic life of the Southern colonies organized?
Counties
List the two specializations of the Mid-Atlantic region.
Grain and livestock
What was life like for an enslaved African American?
Captured in their native Africa, or born into slavery
Had no rights
Owned as property and forced to work on plantations with no pay
Which colony was settled by Puritans for the same reason that Plymouth was settled?
Massachusetts Bay
Indentured servants were-
freed at the end of their contract
Describe what made it difficult to farm in the New England colonies. (climate and geography)
Moderate summers and Cold Winter
Rocky soil that wasn't fertile
Two or more people depending on each other for a goods and services is called what?
interdependence
What is the order of when the 6 different colonies were established?
Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Pennsylvania, Georgia