New England Colonies
Name one of the New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
Name one of the Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Name one of the Southern Colonies.
North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia
What was the name of the top class in colonial society?
Gentry
What holiday celebrates the Pilgrims' first successful harvest in America?
Thanksgiving
Which 2 groups of people started settlements in America in search of religious freedom?
Puritans and Pilgrims
Pennsylvania was founded for religious freedom for which group of people?
Quakers
For what reason was Maryland started?
For religious freedom for Catholics
a religious movement during the 1730s and 1740s in the colonies
The Great Awakening
What did the Puritans force people to do on Sundays?
attend church services
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims sailed to America on?
Mayflower
New Netherland was renamed New_____________.
York
What led to the increase of slaves brought from Africa?
The Plantation System
Name something Benjamin Franklin invented.
bifocal glasses, smokeless woodstove, lightning rod
The Quakers believed everyone was ___________ in God's sight
equal
What is the Sabbath?
a holy day of rest
Most colonists were ______________.
farmers
What is the belief that one race is superior to another?
combination of English and West African languages spoken by enslaved Africans.
Gullah
Act of Toleration
Rhode Island
How did William Penn treat the Indians differently than other people?
He treated them fairly. Thought that settlers should pay for the land.
Why did James Oglethorpe start Georgia?
To give debtors a second chance.
A person who agreed to work for another person for a period of time in exchange for passage to America
Indentured Servant
A person who learns a trade or craft from a Master
apprentice