New England
What are some of the natural resources?
Name 2
Timber, fish, deep harbors
What are the natural resources ? name 2
Wood, coal, fur and iron
Who were the indentured servants?
Immigrants who agreed to work off their debt to pay for their trip to the colonies
Name at least three religious groups that came to the middle colonies looking for freedom of religion
Quakers, Mennonites, Lutherans, Dutch Calvinists, Presbetyrians
Who was the founder of the Rhode Island colony in New England?
Roger Williams
How many languages were spoken in the Middle colonies
18
What is the climate (weather)
Warm, Humid climate
How did the "Puritans" in the New England colonies get their name?
They wanted to 'purify', reform and change the church
How did colonists in New England make profit ($$$)
Skilled craftsman built ships, traded, fishing
What is the climate (weather)?
moderate/good climate
Who were the TWO types of workers found in the southern colonies
Enslaved people and Indentured servants
What disease was common in Southern colonies because of their climate (weather)
Malaria or Yellow Fever
What type of soil did the New England colonies have?
Rocky Soil
What is another name of the middle colonies?
The breadbasket colony
Name at least FOUR crops grown in the Southern colonies
Rice, tobacco, indigo, cotton, sugar cane
What is the name of the first permanent settlement in the colonies?
Jamestown
Name all the New England colonies?
Massachusetts , Rhode island, Connecticut, New hampshire
Name all the middle colonies?
New york, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Name all the Southern colonies
Virginia, maryland, north and south carolina, Georgia
What are three different reasons why people came to the colonies?
Religious freedom, money, fresh start or a new life