NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
This ship brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
The Middle Colonies earned this nickname because they grew massive amounts of grain.
What are the Breadbasket Colonies?
This crop "saved" Jamestown and became Virginia's main cash crop.
What is tobacco?
Founded in 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This young Virginian built Fort Necessity and surrendered his troops there.
Who is George Washington?
This religious group wanted to "purify" the Church of England and dominated Massachusetts.
Who are the Puritans?
This religious group, known for their belief in peace and tolerance, founded Pennsylvania.
Who are the Quakers?
These large, self-sufficient farms dominated the Southern economy and required massive amounts of labor.
What are plantations?
Captain John Smith enforced this strict rule: "He that will not work, shall not ____."
What is eat?
The French and Indian War was fought between Britain and this European country.
What is France?
New England farmers mostly practiced this type of farming, growing just enough food to feed their own families.
What is subsistence farming?
This city became the meeting place for the Continental Congresses.
What is Philadelphia?
This wealthy social class owned most of the land and controlled politics in the South.
Who are the Gentry (or Planters)?
This Native American taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn and use fish as fertilizer.
Who is Squanto?
After Britain won, this 1763 law banned colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1620 agreement signed before leaving the ship was an early form of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Before the English renamed it New York, this European country founded the colony in which New Amsterdam was located.
What is the Netherlands (or Holland/Dutch)?
This colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a safe place for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
The winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown, when most of the colonists died, is called this.
What is the Starving Time?
Britain needed to pay its war debts, so it began doing this to the colonies, which made them very angry.
What is taxing them (or imposing taxes)?
This woman was banished from Massachusetts for holding Bible studies and challenging Puritan ministers.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
The Middle Colonies' mixture of many different cultures and religions made it an early example of this blended society concept.
What is a melting pot?
The Southern economy's demand for cheap labor led to the development of this brutal institution known as the United States "Original Sin".
What is slavery?
Established in Virginia, this was the first elected assembly in the English colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Before the war, Britain had ignored the colonies under this policy, but afterward they started strict control.
What is Salutary Neglect?