Vocabulary
People who moved to the colonies to start a new life and added to the region's diversity were called ______.
Immigrants
What two geographical advantages made farming in the Middle Colonies a better economic choice than farming in the Northern Colonies?
Fertile soils and good climate
Which of these industries depended heavily on the Northern colonies' lumber industry?
Shipbuilding (Naval Stores)
Which religious group founded the first Northern colonies?
Puritans
What caused the major conflicts and wars that broke out between settlers and Native Americans in the 13 colonies?
Land ownership - All about land!
William Penn wanted all colonists and Native Americans to be treated with _____, or fairness.
Justice
Which four colonies had a cold climate and rocky soils?
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
Where did most enslaves Africans work in the Southern colonies?
On Plantations
How was religion different in the Middle colonies than that of the Northern colonies?
Religious tolerance and diversity
William Penn wanted Native Americans to be treated with ______, or fairness.
Justice
Fertile land, deep harbors, and mild climate contribute to a region's ______.
Prosperity
These three low, swampy colonies in the south were best suited for growing rice.
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
The "Breadbasket" colonies got their name by growing these crops.
Wheat, Rye, and Barley
Quakers settled in the Middle colonies to find a religious _______, or safe place.
Refuge
Native Americans provided refuge for which cultural group?
Enslaved Africans
Instead of going to school to learn a new skill, colonists learned a new trade by becoming _______.
Apprentices
The hot and humid climate of these five colonies made tobacco a major cash crop.
The Southern colonies; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Why were port cities important to economic success?
They were major trade centers.
For which religious group did William Penn want to provide a refuge when he founded the Pennsylvania colony?
Quakers
Native Americans died not only from war over land but by being exposed to ______.
Measles or Smallpox
To protect and defend colonies, leaders organized colonists into ______.
Militias
These four colonies were given the name the "Breadbasket" colonies.
The Middle colonies; New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
In what ways did the economy of the Southern colonies depend on the practice of slavery?
Plantations needed cheap labor for large harvests.
What was one effect of the great Awakening?
Religious tolerance, more people went to church, more religious diversity, and united colonies.
Native American tribes believed that no one person could ______.
Own land.