New England Colonies
Due to the geography and climate of New England, most farmers practiced what kind of farming?
What is Subsistence or Self-sufficient farming
William Penn was the proprietor of which Colony?
What is Pennsylvania
Three major cash crops for the Southern farmers were rice, tobacco and?
What is indigo
What was the name of the document signed by Pilgrims who landed in Plymouth and wanted to establish self-government?
What is the Mayflower Compact
This was issued by a government and have the holder the right to establish a colony.
The group of Pilgrims who settled in Massachusetts and wanted to rid the Church of England of all Roman Catholic practices were known as?
What are the Puritans
The Middle colonies were defined by what two factors?
What is farms and cities
Who founded Georgia as a place for debtors?
Who is James Oglethorpe
This was an uprising by settlers that helped reform the Virginia governing body.
What is Bacon's Rebellion
Lasting from 1676 to 1677, this war was fought between the Puritans and the Wampanoag
King Philip's War
Who founded the colony of Rhode Island?
Who is Roger Williams
New Netherlands was the Dutch colony that became known as what?
What is New York
The first permanent English settlement was?
What is Jamestown
What is often referred to as the first written constitution?
This was an individual who sold their labor for free passage to Colonial America
What is an indentured servant
The New England colonies were defined by what two factors?
What is commerce and religion
What was the nickname given to the Middle colonies due to their successful agricultural products?
What is the Breadbasket
Georgia, Maryland, and North and South Carolina were all proprietary colonies but what was Virginia?
What is a Corporate colony
After her successful win in court, the Virginia General Assembly changed it so children's status of free or enslaved would be tied to their mothers.
Who is Elizabeth Key
England used these companies to fund colonies due to risk and cost
Influences like shipbuilding, fishing, and trade were so important to the economy of New England that it can be described as what two-word phrase?
What was attractive to Europeans about and brought great diversity to the Middle colonies?
Religious tolerance or freedom
Who developed tobacco as a cash crop and would later go on to marry Pocahontas?
Who is John Rolfe
This was the first representative assembly in the American colonies
What is the House of Burgesses
What were three reasons why England wanted to start colonies?