Southern Colonies
What were plantations reliant on?
Slave Labor
Name at least ONE industry popular in the mid-Atlantic
Wheat, Lumber, Shipbuilding
When did the Pilgrims arrive in America
1620
When did the first African slaves arrive?
1619
What month is Thanksgiving celebrated?
November
Name the two important cash crops
Indigo and Tobacco
What were the middle colonies known as being?
The most ethnically and religiously diverse colonies
What was the name of the ship that the pilgrims arrived on?
The Mayflower
What is the name of the system in which slavery was by a non-permanent contract?
Indentured Servitude
What is the meaning of Thanksgiving?
To be reminded of the things you're thankful about
Name at least THREE southern colonies
South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York
Name at least THREE New England colonies
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Plymouth, New Hampshire
What was the name of the first legal slave in the colonies?
John Punch
Who started pardoning the turkey?
George H. W. Bush
What was the name of the dominant class in Southern society?
Planter Class/Aristocracy
Name TWO cities in the middle colonies
New York and Philadelphia
Who was banned from Massachusetts and then proceeded to establish Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What was John Punch's sentence after attempting to escape?
Life Enslavement
Where did the Thanksgiving harvest of 1621 take place?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Who were two famous people who came from the planter class?
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
Which famous founding father lived in Philadelphia?
Benjamin Franklin
What is the name of the legal governing document in the Plymouth colony?
The Mayflower Compact
By what year did slavery largely replace indentured servitude?
1700
On what Thursday is Thanksgiving celebrated?
The fourth Thursday of November