Vocabulary
50 acres.
The soil in New England
Rocky
The soil in the Middle
Good
The climate in the South
Humid/Hot
The very first permanent English settlement was called this.
Jamestown
The name for people brought to America and forced into labor for no pay.
Enslaved Africans/slaves
The Climate in New England
The climate in the Middle
Moderate
The soil in the South
This was started over territory in the Ohio River Valley
The French and Indian War
This was signed by members of the Mayflower in which they agreed to fair laws to protect the general good.
The Mayflower Compact
This group sailed on the Mayflower for Plymouth Rock (though they were actually hoping to end up in Virginia and missed by a little bit).
The Pilgrims
The middle colonies were able to lure in diverse colonists because of what two things?
Religious tolerance and generous land grants.
This group settled in Georgia
Debtors
How did New York become a British colony?
Their fleet rolled up on the Dutch who didn't want any part of that and they turned over the colony without a shot fired.
This was a system of creating and maintaining wealth through carefully controlled trade.
Anne Hutchinson started a colony called this.
Portsmouth
Name 3 examples of staple crops.
Wheat, barley, and oats.
What are three examples of Cash Crops?
Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice
What were the Quakers known for?
What is the name for a two-chamber house?
Bicameral
These four colonies make up the New England group.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
These four colonies make up the Middle Colonies group.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
Anne Hutchinson was removed from her colony because of what?
She expressed the belief that ministers weren't needed to help people form a relationship with God.