New England Colonies
To be put in jail or have other consequences for having different beliefs is called...
Persecuted
What is another name for a Separatist?
What is another name for a Separatist?
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What year did Georgia become a colony?
1732
A waterway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Northwest passage
Which part of the colonies did the Puritans settle?
A) The Middle Colonies
B) The Southern Colonies
c) The New England Colonies
The New England Colonies
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How many ships came to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
11 ships
There were two ships that set sail for the new world. Only one made it and colonized Plymouth colony. What were the two ships names?
Speedwell and Mayflower
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What year did Carolina split into two colonies (North and South Carolina)
1712
A document granting the right to establish a colony in North America.
Charter
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What was the economic activity of Massachusetts Bay Colony
Farming, fishing and lumbering
A group of people who followed William Penn away from being persecuted for their religious beliefs
Quakers
Which colonies did indentured servants settle?
Maryland, Virginia and the Carolina’s
People who came to work in exchange for transportation and housing for 5-7 years
Indentured Servant
Name the four colonies that make up the New England Colonies
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode island was founded by these two people
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
How did the New York Colony begin?
King Charles II gave land to his brother, the Duke of York
What were the southern colonies three cash crops?
Cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco
The first settlement of the New World
Roanoke
Name the four colonies that make up the Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
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What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
What was the name of the American Indian who helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth colony?
Squanto
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What year did Georgia accept enslaved people to work their fields
1750
An agreement signed to prevent disagreements between the Separatists and others
Mayflower Compact
Name the five colonies that make up the southern colonies
Virgina
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Maryland