Colonies
These colonies are known for their thin, rocky soil
New England Colonies
*Bonus--List the NE colonies
What were the original reasons for exploration?
Gold
God
Glory
Taxes on paper that led to boycotts from the colonists
Stamp Act
1607
Jamestown--1st permanent settlement
These colonies are known as the bread basket
Middle Colonies
*Bonus--list them
What Cash crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
Act that states colonists have to provide room and board for the British soldiers
Quartering Act
1st attempt at self government
1620-Mayflower Compact
These colonies are where plantations developed because their rich soil.
Southern Colonies
*Bonus--list them.
This colony was originally founded by the Dutch
New York
This was the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
*Bonus--What did the Intolerable Acts do?
The war that set everything in motion for the American Revolution
French & Indian War
This colony was founded for Quakers
Pennsylvania
What was the MAIN reason people began settling in places like Plymouth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania
Escaping religious persecution
religious freedom
This stated that the colonists could not travel past the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
Declaration of Independence
1776
*Bonus--who was the main author?
Why was Georgia founded?
for Debtors and act as a buffer from Spanish FL
Maryland was founded for...
Catholics
Economic system practiced by Britain that only allowed the colonies to trade with the "mother country"
Mercantilism
1st written Constitution in the colonies
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut