New England Region
The Puritans came over to the New World in search of?
a. A route to the New World
b. Religious freedom
b. Religious freedom
Market towns were often build near a river or other waterway. Why?
a. To get away from invaders
b. To transport their crops and goods to the market easily
b. To transport their crops and goods to the market easily
What were the natural resources found in this region?
a. fish, wood, and corn
b. wheat, barley, and rye
c. tobacco, rye, and cotton
a. fish, wood, and corn
What were the natural resources found in this region?
a. fish, wood, and corn
b. wheat, barley, and rye
c. tobacco, rye, and cotton
b. wheat, barley, and rye
What were the natural resources found in this region?
a. fish, wood, and corn
b. wheat, barley, and rye
c. tobacco, rye, and cotton
c. tobacco, rye, and cotton
Why was it difficult to grow crops in the New England region?
a. It was cold, had long winters, and poor soil.
b. It was hot and there were problems with bugs.
a. It was cold, had long winters, and poor soil.
What is a cash crop?
a. Crops that are grown for money and not personal use.
b. Crops that are grown to be given away to the poor.
a. Crops that are grown for money and not personal use.
What group lived in this region?
a. Quakers
b. Puritans
c. Plantation owners
b. Puritans
What group lived in this region?
a. Quakers
b. Puritans
c. Plantation owners
a. Quakers
What group lived in this region?
a. Quakers
b. Puritans
c. Plantation owners
c. Plantation owners
What did the New England colonists become well known for?
a. As expert shipbuilders
c. For the large slave population
a. As expert shipbuilders
What is a cash crop?
a. Squash, beans, and corn
b. Tobacco, indigo, and cotton
b. Tobacco, indigo, and cotton
In what region did the Quakers mainly live?
a. In all the regions
b. The Mid-Atlantic Colonies
b. The Mid-Atlantic Colonies
Who did most of the hard labor on the Southern Plantations?
a. Slaves and indentured servants
b. Plantation owners
a. Slaves and indentured servants
Farmers started using _____ to dig up their fields during the colonial times.
a. A plow
b. An anvil
a. A plow
Life in the Southern Colonies mainly focused on _____.
a. Building cities
b. Farming and raising crops
b. Farming and raising crops