What Region
Fertile soil good for growing wheat - mild winters, great growing seasons - farming manufacturing and trade
Middle Colonies
Who was John Smith?
Leader of Jamestown Colony
Name the 3 Colonial Regions
Cash Crop
The first democratically elected legislative government in the colonies.
House of Burgesses
Cash crops: Tobacco, Indigo, Cotton
Southern Colonies
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony and went to Providence (Rhode Island).
Why did the English want to start a colony in North America?
The English wanted a North American colony that could compete with Spain.
House of Burgesses was the first democratic elected legislative _________
What is true about the role of religion in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Colonists who disobeyed church teachings could be forced to leave the colony.
How did geography influence the economy of the New England region?
Promoted trade with other colonies.
Who was Roger Williams?
Banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded the town of Providence (Rhode Island).
The oldest, continuously inhabited city in the United States, originally founded in 1565
St. Augustine, Florida
Pilgrims established this documents before leaving the ship to create "just and equal" laws
Mayflower Compact
What was the purpose of the House of Burgesses?
To give Virginia's colonists a voice in their own governance
What geographic feature formed a natural western boundary for the 13 original colonies?
Appalachian Mountains.
Who was Thomas Hooker?
Led his congregation from Massachusetts Bay Colony to Connecticut River Valley.
Why did the English colony at Jamestown eventually survive?
What was Spain's motive to explore the "New World"
God, Glory, Gold
What did the Pilgrims promise to do in the Mayflower Compact?
Work together to make “just and equal laws”
What was the most important geographic factor in the economic development of cities such as New York, Boston, and Charleston?
Natural harbors made the cities ideal shipping centers for trade.
Who was John Wheelwright?
Left Massachusetts Bay Colony and founded New Hampshire.
What is true about both the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
Both groups left England to be free to practice their religion
The Wampanoag and Pilgrims _________their bountiful harvest with the first Thanksgiving
Celebrated
These small farms that DID NOT produce income but did produce food for families. Most early colonists lived on these type of farms.
Subsistence farms