Southern Colonies
first British settlement
What is Roanoke
settled by pilgrims and puritans seeking religious freedom.
what is Massachusetts?
Founder of Pennsylvania.
Who is Willian Penn?
He made the Holy Experiment.
who is William Penn?
signed in 1620
what is the Mayflower Compact?
First permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown?
The founder of Connecticut.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
What did the Dutch call New York?
What is New Netherlands?
Started in Pennsylvania.
Where was the Holy Experiment first started?
They signed the Mayflower Compact
What did the Pilgrims do with the Mayflower Compact?
Virginia‘s main cash crop
What is tobacco?
Document signed to establish the foundation for the colony’s government.
what is the mayflower compact?
Christians who supported nonviolence and religious tolerance. They were persecuted.
Who were the Quakers?
Started in 1681
When was the Holy experiment started?
When the Pilgrims reached America.
When did the Pilgrims Sign the Mayflower Compact?
A buffer between South Carolina and Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia’s purpose?
no religious persecution of Christians
why was Rhode Island founded?
colonies grew corn and other vegetables, wheat, oats, fruits, and raised livestock. They also built successful logging, shipbuilding, and fishing industries.
what was the Middle Colonies economy like?
lasted eight years
How long did the Holy Experiment last?
agreeing to have fair laws to protect the general good
What are the agreements in the Mayflower Compact?
Mostly farms and plantations
What is the economy of the southern colonies?
Fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding.
What was the New England Colonies Economy?
allowed for easy trade and the harbor towns became centers of commerce
What were the Hudson and Delaware Rivers used for?
an attempt to make a community for the Quakers and other persecuted religious minorities.
What was the purpose of the Holy Experiment?
agreement to form a government based on majority rule.
Why was the Mayflower Compact signed