New England Colonies
This is how one would describe the soil of New England
What is Rocky Soil
Made up of people from all over Europe including Germany, Holland, and Sweden.
What are the Middle/Mid-Atlantic Colonies
What are large plantations
Definition: government under the control and direction of the inhabitants of a political unit rather than by an outside authority
What is self government?
The bread basket of the colonies
Middle/Mid-Atlantic region
Primary jobs of the New England Colonies
Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling
The climate of the Middle Colonies
Moderate winters and long summers for growing crops
The economy of this region was dominated by the growing of these
What are cash crops (cotton, tobacco, indigo, etc)
Example of a social contract between colonist in 1620
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The least tolerant region of outside religions
What are the New England Colonies
Cold/Harsh winters and rocky soil made this activity extremely difficult.
What is farming
Some of the colonies in this regions established factories for the production of this.
What is Iron?
The purchasing/selling and forced labor of another group of people.
What is slavery
Major example of self government in the southern colonies. The people elected representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The most diverse region in Colonial America
What is the Mid-Atlantic/Middle Colonies
This is the main reason for settlement of this region.
Escape from Religious persecution/Religion Freedom
This would later go on to be called New York
What was New Amersterdam
The reason that many of the southern colonies were established
What is profit?
Most colonies in this region were established by Puritans.
What are the New England Colonies?
First Permanent English Colony
Jamestown 1607
People would gather around to discuss issues the town was facing and hopefully solve said problems. Early form of self-government in this colonial region.
What are Town Hall Meetings
Catholics, Quakers, Protestants living together is an example of this.
What is Religious Diversity?
This colony was established by Lord Baltimore for religious freedom of English Catholics.
What is Maryland?
Major reason the colonies needed to practice forms of self government.
What is distance from Great Britain?
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland
What are the Southern Colonies