New England Colonies
What religious group primarily settled in the New England colonies?
Puritans
What religious group settled in the Middle Colonies?
Quakers
What religious group settled in Maryland?
Catholics
Salutary Neglect and a 3 month travel from England which prevented the British from effectively governing the colonies led to a tradition of _______________________.
Representative Governement
The European country who found their North American gold in the Ohio Valley area in the way of beaver fur?
Who is France
A law that placed a tax on newspaper, pamphlets, envelopes or any legal documents.
Stamp Act
What was the geography in the New England colonial regions?
Cold, rocky soil, long winters
What was the geography of the Middle Colonies?
Moderate winters, moderately fertile soil
What was one reason for slavery in the South?
Development of plantations
Cash Crops Production
Large Scale Agriculture
The economic system that prevented the colonies from trading with anyone other than Great Britain?
Mercantilism
Technology, An all water route to Asia and God, Gold and Glory provided ___________________.
Reason for European Exploration of North America.
King George denied the colonist the right to settle past the Appalachian Mountain with the Proclamation of 1763, he could no longer supply weapons due to debt from the ________________.
French and Indian War
What were primary industries in the New England colonial region?
Shipbuilding, Lumber, Fishing and International Trade
Who established Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Enslaved people were less valuable in New England Colonies than they were in Southern Colonies because of different ___________ quality.
soil
The capturing of enslaved people and sell to America to work as laborers to send resources to The Mother Country.
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
The American colonist used the slogan "Taxation Without Representation" because they had No ___________________.
Representation in Parliament.
What important figures inspired many by leaving her colony and creating a colony for religious freedom/tolerance in Rhode Island?
Anne Hutchinson
Why were Quakers persecuted in England?
They believed in nonviolence, tolerance and equality for all
An economic system created in the Southern Colonies due to long summers and fertile soil ______________
Plantation System.
Many of the 13 Colonies like Jamestown were set up for economic reasons while others were set-up for _______________ reasons.
Religious
The 13 English Colonies are located on _____________________.
The Atlantic Coastline
The Sons of Liberty posed as Tomahawk Indians and threw a million dollars worth of the tea in the Boston Harbor. The act is known as ____________________.
The Boston Tea Party
What was the 1st self governing documents established in the New England colonies?
The Mayflower Compact
What were the primary industries in the Middle Colonies?
Wheat, Oats, Shipbuilding, Manufacturing
What are two examples of cash crops?
Indigo
Rice
Tobacco
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was...
The 1st Written Constitution in the Colonies
Which colony had strict laws and beliefs?
New England colonies
The Articles of Confederation.