Colonial Regions
What were the 5 states included in the Southern Colonies?
What are Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Maryland?
The ________________ Indians lived along the eastern shores of Lake Michigan and they were known for being great traders.
What is the Ottawa or the Odawa (it's the same group of people with two different spellings)
What were the three main crops of the Southern Colonies?
What are tobacco, corn, and wheat?
What did the French want to find when they set out to sail and arrived in Michigan?
What was the main reason for settlement in the southern colonies?
What is making a profit?
This colony was founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe as a settlement for debtors.
What is Georgia?
The Ottawa or the Odawa used __________ to travel for 100s of miles to trade and lived in houses called _______________ or ________________ which were like apartment buildings were several families lived.
This colony was founded by 8 noble men called the Lord Proprietors, in 1663, and it's major city named ______________________quickly became known as the cultural and economic center for the Southern Colonies?
What is South Carolina and what is Charleston?
Why did the French want a faster way to China?
What is so they could buy silks, spices, and other goods easier
The ______________________ colonies had a mild climate which was perfect for allowing them to grow crops year round.
What is the Southern Colonies?
What were the main religions of the Southern Colonies?
What is Anglican and Baptist?
An alliance of three similar Native American groups in Michigan was called __________________________
What is People of the Three Fires?
Who is John Smith?
When the French arrived in Michigan, they found something else that was valuable. What was it?
What are Beavers?
What are the 3 major towns of the Southern Colonies?
Jamestown, Richmond, and Williamsburg
By the 1700s, ____________________ represented the majority of the population in South Carolina as the number of plantations increased.
The Ottawa Native Americans were well known for ___________________ and their most famous leader was Chief _________________?
What is weaving and who is Chief Pontiac?
Who was the BOY Governor who helped Michigan become a state and why was he nicknamed the BOY governor? What did he do for Michigan?
Who is Steven T Mason because he was so young when he took over being the governor. He helped Michigan to become a state by taking a census (count of the people) to show that they had enough to qualify as a state. That's why he's famous!
When Michigan wanted to become a state it faced 3 problems. What were they?
What were
1. It needed enough people to become a state
2. The people of Michigan needed a governor
3. The people of Michigan needed a solution to the argument with the Ohio Territory over the Toledo Strip
The ______________ Colonies were the coldest of the three regions, with mild, short summers and long, cold winters.
What is the New England Colonies?
The geography of the ______________________ colonies featured fertile soil, hilly coastal plains, forests, long rivers, and swampy areas.
What are the Southern Colonies?
The way of life of a group of people is called its _______________
What is culture?
What were two of Maryland's major cities during colonial times?
What are Annapolis and Baltimore?
How did Michigan resolve some of the problems of getting enough population?
What was the agreement about the Toledo Strip that Michigan and Ohio finally reached?
What is that Ohio could have the Toledo Strip in exchange for Michigan getting the Western part of the Upper Peninsula