Way Up There
What was the region up North in the Colonies called?
New England Colonies
What was wrong with England's Prisons?
They were packed
What was the reason people went to the Southern Colonies?
to make money, find gold, etc.
What colonies were in the Middle region?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
What's another way to say homeless or wanderer?
Vagrant
What was the religious group called that moved away from England?
Pilgrims
What was England's economy like?
No Jobs, no money
How many people were on the first ship to America
105
The Dutch had the first colony in the middle region, what was its name?
New Netherland
What is Push Factor?
A problem or hardship that makes people want to leave a place.
Why did this religious group leave England?
Religious Persecution
True or False: One of the problems in England was that there was not enough people to fill all the jobs available.
False
What was the name of the first settlement in North America?
Jamestown
How did we establish our first colony in the Middle region?
We took it away from the Dutch
Landlords fencing off shared farmland for their own use, often to raise sheep.
Enclosure
Before coming to America, this religious group first went to what country?
Netherlands (Dutch)
What did people in England do to survive?
Broke the law because they had no honest way to live
What was the name of the company that established a colony in the south?
Virginia Company of London
What was the name of the Colony after taking it from the Dutch?
New York
What is migration?
The movement of people from one place to settle in another.
What was the contract they signed that committed themselves to fair laws for the general good?
Mayflower Compact
Why was colonization a good idea for England?
unlimited resources, land, opportunity
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What was the population like in the Middle Colonies?
Melting pot of the world, diverse population
Something appealing that draws people toward a new place.
Pull Factor