Geography
The European explorers crossed this large body of water to "discover" North America.
What is the Atlantic ocean?
The oldest successful, and arguably most important settlement in the Southern Colonies.
What is Jamestown?
Similar to Goldilocks, the middle colonies are known for this type of climate.
The location where Pilgrims landed the Mayflower in 1620.
What is Plymouth Massachusetts?
The Jamestown colony was established by this European nation in 1607.
What is England?
This term for a collection of useful items in a region, dictate the economic opportunities available in the region.
What are natural resources?
This is the term for large scale farms where cheap and often unpaid labor helped harvest cash crops.
What is a plantation?
This religious group, found almost exclusively in Pennsylvania, believed in all people could connect with their God, defying the Church of England. William Penn was an important leader for this group.
What are Quakers?
This man spoke out about the separation of Church and State, eventually leaving Massachusetts to found Rhode Island.
Who is Roger Williams?
Samuel Champlain was a fur trader and explorer for this European nation.
What is France?
This term is used when measuring the distance of height above sea level.
What is elevation?
This natural resource was responsible for the economic success of Jamestown.
What is Tobacco?
Middle colonies were not known for being heavily industrial, rather they were focused on this economic activity.
What is agriculture (Farming)?
This man was the long-term leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, wanting it to be the "moral city on the hill"
Who is John Winthrop?
When you consider the 3 G's (Gold God and Glory), this was the one motivator that impacted Spain the least. Double Points if you can tell me the PEGS it relates to.
What is Glory (Political)? Spain focused more on spreading religion and its search for gold. (Social and Economic)
A network of these act as corridors, easing trade, SHIPping and transportation for the region.
What are rivers or waterways?
This concept is most associated with the Middle Colonies, mostly due to the wide variety of people, religions, and economic activities available.
Double Points if you can identify which PEGS it is most closely related to.
What is Diversity? (Social)
The Mayflower Compact was written primarily to establish this principle for the new colony of Plymouth.
What is self-governance?
North America was never the intended destination for the European explorers. Instead they searched for a new trade route to this "Far East" continent.
What is Asia?
This is the mountain range that serves as the eastern border for the majority of the English Colonies.
What are the Appalachian Mountains? (Apple Chain, Application, Alzheimer's Mountains)
Georgia, the southern most colony of the Southern colonies controlled by England. Georgia bordered Florida which was controlled by this other European nation.
What is Spain?
This nickname for the Middle Colonies makes it sounds like bakeries were the best way to make money.
What is the "Breadbasket Colonies"?
The PEGS that most relates to the New England colonies is...
What is Social? (Plymouth was established to escape religious persecution,
The oldest continuously occupied city in the U.S. is St. Augustine in Florida. The city was named such in honor of the importance of the Catholic religion to this European nation.
What is Spain?