These colonies were called “the breadbasket” because they produced so much wheat.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
This is the name of the colonies colored purple on this map.
What are the New England Colonies?
The __________ Colonies were founded by the Pilgrims and Puritans who wanted religious freedom.
What are the New England Colonies?
These were the most powerful people in the American Colonies.
Who are large landowners?
Artisans who make things to sell are an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a human resource?
These colonies used trees from their forests to build ships.
What are the New England Colonies?
These people were forced to live and work on plantations in the Southern Colonies.
Who are enslaved people?
A _________ is a large farm for growing cash crops.
What is a plantation?
These people taught some colonists how to farm their own food.
Who are American Indians?
The tools artisans use to make goods are an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a capital resource?
The rocky soil and cold climate of these colonies were not good for growing cash crops.
What are the New England Colonies?
Puritan children in these colonies went to school to learn to read the Bible.
What are the New England Colonies?
The ____________ Colonies had the greatest number of people from different religions.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
These people had few rights and their responsibilities included taking care of the home and raising children.
Who are women?
The wood from trees used by shipbuilders to make ships is an example of this type of productive resource.
What is a natural resource?
The rich soil and warm climate in these colonies made it an ideal place to grow cash crops.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Most people in these colonies made their living by farming on big or small farms.
What are the Southern Colonies?
The __________ Colonies were founded to grow cash crops to make money.
What are the Southern Colonies?
These people were freed after working for a certain number of years to pay for their trip to the colonies.
Who are indentured servants?
A colonist who took a risk to start a shoe-making business is an example of an ____________________.
What is an entrepreneur?
These colonies grew cotton and traded it with other colonies and nations around the world.
What are the Southern Colonies?
These colonies were founded by the Quakers who were tolerant of different religions.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
Many families in the New England Colonies were _____________ because they only grew enough to feed their families.
What is self-sufficient?
These people knew how to make certain goods that require special skills and training.
Who are artisans?
Colonists ________ with other colonists in different colonies in order to get goods they needed.
What is traded?