Location-13 Colonies
Name the 3 colonial regions
New England
Middle
Southern
The first two successful settlments
Jamestown and Plymouth
The House of Burgesses was an example of a colonial ________ because it created laws
legislature
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townsend Act
Tea Act
During the colonial period, economic development was dependent on the labor of....
The ______ colonial region was famous for it's amount of grain
Middle Colonies
A main reason colonists left England was
economic pursuits
religious freedom
escaping political oppression
The House of Burgesses was important because it gave colonists
represenation
The Boston Massacre was ______
when British troops fired on colonists who were protesting the Townsend Acts; killing 5
taking land
taking food source
war/conflict
Which region had plantations that grew tobacco, cotton, Indigo and rice?
Southern Colonies
Many colonies set up _________ governments for self-governance
democratic
The Mayflower compact was created when Puritans in Plymouth needed to
create a government for themselves
The Boston Tea Party was when...
Colonists dressed as natives and threw chests of tea overboard a ship in protest of the Tea Act
Slavery ______ as time went on during the colonial period
increased
Which region had the most fertile soil and mild winters?
Southern Colonies
Many colonies were able to establish commerce and trade because of
waterways
True or False?
Salutary Neglect meant that in the beginning the British were controlling and on top of the colonies
False
Mercantilism was the system of....
trade between England and the colonies which benefitted England and exploited the colonies
The Proclamation of 1763 declared that
Colonists could not settle west of the Ohio River Valley
Which colonies were the most mountainous and colder climate? (not good for farming)
New England
Jamestown struggled with
starvation
attacks from Natives
disease
Towards the middle of the 1700s.. colonists chanted "No taxation without representation"... which meant?
Colonies were upset because they were being taxed but not given any voice
The Navigation Acts were a part of mercantilism and were passed to...
ensure Great Britain obtained the maximum profits in trade with the colonies
The ____ religious group set up the Plymouth Colony
puritans