13 Colonies Geography
The smallest colony under Massachusetts Bay and to the right of Connecticut.
What is Rhode Island?
Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. This colony region had slavery and plantations where people lived on farms far apart instead of close together in towns.
What are the southern Colonies?
What was the main reason the English settlers founded Jamestown, Virginia in 1607?
To find wealth and new opportunities.
Why was the first Thanksgiving held in 1621?
Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive through a harsh winter and they celebrated their first successful harvest.
What was the purpose of The Proclamation Act (1763)?
Avoid more conflict with Native Americans and save money by preventing future wars.
The most southern colony founded last in 1732.
What is Georgia?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Known for farming animals and crops.
What is the Middle Colonies?
Why is it important to know about the voyage of Christopher Columbus?
Opened contact between Europe and the Americas, beginning colonization.
What was the effect of founding Rhode Island in 1636?
Rhode Island became a colony with complete religious freedom.
Why were colonists angry about the Stamp Act, even though the tax itself was small?
They believed it was taxation without representation.
The colony below Maryland founded first in 1708.
What is Virginia?
Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Known for fishing and fur trading.
What are the New England Colonies?
Why is it important to know Native Americans were able to flourish before European contact?
Because Native Americans were diverse groups that had already developed advanced civilizations and complex societies.
They were living on their own for years and years before European arrival.
What was the main cause of King Philip's War in 1675-76?
Rising tensions over English colonists taking Native land.
What did the Patriots believe about the Boston Massacre?
Patriots: Britain would continue to use violence towards colonists.
The colony to the right of Maryland and below New Jersey.
What is Delaware?
This colony people made a living from the sea and forests. Religion was also very strong here.
What is the New England Colonies?
Why is it important that tobacco was introduced to Virginia?
Created demand for land and labor → foundation of plantation system and slavery.
Tobacco became a "cash crop" that saved Virginia’s economy.
The Salem Witch Trials showed the dangers of:
Mass hysteria and the abuse of power.
What did the Loyalists believe about the Boston Massacre?
Loyalists: British soldiers acted in self defense.
The colony below New York and to the left of New Jersey.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colony region was more open to different beliefs and cultures. They also had this nickname...
What is the "Breadbasket Colonies"? (middle)
The Mayflower Compact was an important step toward democracy in America because...
It established a system of self-government based on majority rule.
The French and Indian War led to the American Revolution because:
The British government won the war and then began taxing the colonies to pay off its huge war debt.
What is an example of an intolerable act?
closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
dissolved the colonial government
and allowed British troops to be housed in colonists’ homes (called the Quartering Act)