Colonial Regions
This colonial region was known for rocky soil, shipbuilding, and the Puritan faith.
New England
This colony was established by the Pilgrims in 1620, where they signed the Mayflower Compact.
Plymouth Colony
The trade route between Africa, the Americas, and Europe was known as this, named after the shape it made.
The Triangular Trade Route
The Pilgrims came to the New World seeking this kind of freedom.
Religious Freedom
This Native American helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them to plant corn.
Squanto
Colonies like New York and Pennsylvania belonged to this region, known for its diverse population and religious tolerance.
Middle Colonies
This colony was founded by William Penn as a "holy experiment."
Pennsylvania
Cash crops like tobacco and rice were mainly grown in this region.
The Southern Colonies
The Puritans wanted to purify this church.
The Church of England
This deadly winter in Jamestown nearly wiped out the colony.
The Starving Time
The economy of the Southern Colonies heavily depended on this type of labor.
Slavery
This Southern Colony was originally founded as a buffer against Spanish Florida and as a prison colony.
Georgia
The Navigation Acts required colonists to trade primarily with this country.
England
The Mayflower Compact was an early example of this type of colonial government.
Self-Government / Democracy
The 1676 uprising in Virginia showed tensions between poor settlers and the colonial government.
Bacon's Rebellion
The first successful English colony was located in this region of the colonies.
Southern Colonies
Maryland was founded as a safe haven for followers of this religion.
Catholicism
This trade route across the Atlantic was the most commonly used slave trading route due to its being the shortest distance across from the Colonies to Africa.
The Middle Passage
Roger Williams founded Rhode Island based on his belief in the separation of church and this.
State / government
Colonists faced attacks from this European nation’s colonies in Florida.
The Spanish
This region had the most religious diversity due to its Quakers, Catholics, and Protestants.
The Middle Colonies
This colony was known for its strict Puritan government under John Winthrop.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
This term describes the belief that colonies exist to benefit the mother country economically.
Mercantilism
This colony offered religious freedom to all Christians under the Toleration Act of 1649.
Maryland
The Salem Witch Trials and King Philip's War took place in this colonial region.
New England Colonies