Original Colonies
Name the three regions of the original 13 colonies:
New England, Middle, Southern
True or False: Land, climate, and natural resources were the same in all of the original colonies.
False.
Name one characteristic of slavery in the Southern colonies:
Slaves in the South lived together in large communities, there were a lot of slaves in the South, slaves in the South worked on the farms
Where in Africa did most of the enslaved Africans come from?
The Gold Coast
Name two of the original New England colonies:
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
True or False: Many colonists were farmers.
True
True or False: The colonists and Native Americans always got along.
False
In which region did cash crops make farmers really rich?
Southern
Name two of the original Middle colonies:
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
True or False: Trade was not an important part of colonial life.
False.
The war that started in 1675 between the Wampanoags and the New England colonists was called:
King Philip's War
This region had Quakers:
Middle
Name two of the original Southern colonies:
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
List the three classes of colonial society:
Upper, Middle, Lower
What was the outcome of the French and Indian War?
The French lost and had to give up much of their land east of the Mississippi River to the British; and England was in a lot of debt
Which colony was the debtor's colony?
Georgia
What benefit did settlers see in living in the American Colonies?
They wanted more land, to work new jobs, have freedoms, etc.
What was the name of the highest social class in colonial society?
Gentry
What colony was the first to pass a law that allowed slavery?
Massachusetts
Which region was settled by Purtians?
New England