Thirteen Colonies
Which colony was mountainous, had sandy, rocky soil, dense forest, and long, snowy winters with the shortest growing season?
New England
Who was the Quaker who wanted religious freedom and equality for all? He also wrote the Great Law, giving all the Pennsylvania colonists the right to worship freely.
William Penn
Who were the first enslaved people in the colonies?
Why were they replaced?
Native Americans
The population declined because they died from disease or from being overworked.
Which colonial region had the smallest population of slaves? Why?
In New England, they had less good land available to farm, so they relied less on slavery for agriculture.
Which colony had flatlands with small rolling hills and wide rivers, marshes, bays, and perfect soil for farming that had a growing season that lasted most of the year?
Southern colonies
Which colony has gentle rolling hills with deep rivers, mild climate, snow-filled winters, and warm summers, plenty of rain to keep soil fertile, and a growing season that lasts 6 - 7 months?
Middle colonies
Who was the governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony who was a good leader, but was unforgiving of anyone who spoke against the Puritan beliefs?
John Winthrop
What was Jamestown's role in the introduction of slavery in the colonies?
Jamestown was one of the first English colonies to enslave Native American people, and slavery quickly spread to other English settlements.
Which colonial region used enslaved people in seaports, markets, farms, plantations, and in family homes?
Name at least two of the Southern colonies' main cash crops.
tobacco, sugar, rice, indigo
subsistence farming
Who was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony because she challenged Puritan beliefs?
Anne Hutchinson
Why did the colonists rely on enslaved people in the first place?
They wanted to expand their crops, but most colonists did not want to do the hard labor required on plantation fields.
Which leg of the triangular trade was the Middle Passage? Where was the ship leaving, going, and what was their "cargo"?
The second leg was the Middle Passage. The ship left Africa to sail to America with enslaved people.
Which colony did not educate its children unless their parents were wealthy, therefore they would get a tutor or send them to a boarding school?
Southern colonies
What event united the colonies for their first national event that brought colonists closer to God, leading to various types of churches to pop up?
The Great Awakening
Who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he felt that the church should not have so much control over the government? He founded Rhode Island.
Roger Williams
slave codes
In the transatlantic slave trade, what did Europe ship to Africa, Africa ship to America, and America ship to Europe?
Europe shipped manufactured goods like guns, cloth, and rum to Africa. Africa shipped enslaved people to America, and America shipped raw materials such as lumber, furs, tobacco, and sugar to Europe.
The Southern colonies had a self-government like the New England colonies. How did the large landowners have so much political power in the Southern colonies?
What do you call the system based on supply and demand in which consumers and producers can buy and sell what they want?
Which colonial region practiced this system?
Market Economy
Middle
Who was the passenger on the Mayflower who later became the governor of Plymouth Colony? He wrote pamphlets to encourage others to move to the colonies. He was also crucial in negotiating the treaty between the settlers and the Wampanoag people.
Edward Winslow
triangular trade
During the Middle Passage, what are the reasons many enslaved Africans died?
poor nutrition (malnutrition)
sickness
suffocation
beatings
What do you call it when colonists focused on limited goods or services to do very well?
What did the colonies form with other colonies for goods or services they still needed or wanted?
specialization
interdependence