New England Colonies
What is the climate like in the New England Colonies?
Cold winters
What type of land was the Middle Colonies like?
Vast grasslands, deep rivers, bays near the oceans.
What was the soil/land like in the Southern Colonies?
Rich, fertile soil.
What was the climate like in the Southern Colonies?
Warm weather.
What economy did they have in the New England Colonies?
Shipbuilding, trade industry from the ocean ports.
What was the climate like in the Middle Colonies?
A moderate climate.
What cash crops did they grow in the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco, indigo, rice.
What was the diversity of people within the New England Colonies?
White, Puritan, English.
What was the land like in the New England Colonies?
Stony, thin soil. Abundance of trees.
What trades did the economy have in the Middle Colonies?
Agriculture, livestock, fishing.
Name at least two colonies within the Southern Region.
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland.
What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies?
The "Breadbasket" Colonies
What was the name of the places they lived in a town?
Common Spaces
Name at least two religious groups that lived in the Middle Colonies.
What was the name of the farms called in the Southern Colonies?
Plantations.
What was the diversity of people within the Southern Colonies?
Wealthy/poor white farmers, African slaves.
Name at least two colonies in the New England Region.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
Name at least three European groups that lived in the Middle Colonies.
Dutch, Germans, Swedes, Irish, French, English.
What type of diseases thrived in the Southern Colonies?
Malaria and yellow fever.
Name all four colonies within the Middle Colonies.
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware.