13 Colonies - Geography
This colonial region had rocky soil, cold winters, and depended on shipbuilding and fishing.
What is New England?
Pennsylvania was founded as a safe place for which religious group?
Who are the Quakers?
Under mercantilism, colonies were expected to provide this to the mother country.
What are raw materials?
The Triangular Trade was a system of trade between these three regions.
What are Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
The Mayflower Compact was an early example of this principle.
What is self-government?
The Southern Colonies had long growing seasons and made money from crops like...
What are tobacco, rice, and indigo and cotton?
This colony was founded by Puritans seeking religious freedom, but didn't tolerate dissent.
What is Massachusetts?
Mercantilism encouraged Britain to export more than it...
What is imports?
Enslaved Africans were transported to the Americas on this leg of the trade route.
What is the Middle Passage?
This legislative body in Virginia was the first representative assembly in the colonies.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket” because they grew large amounts of this.
What is grain or wheat?
Georgia was founded to protect the other colonies from Spanish Florida and as a place for...
What are debtors?
Colonists were often forced to trade only with this country.
What is Great Britain (or England)?
Colonies sent raw materials like sugar and tobacco to...
What is Europe?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first example of this in the colonies.
What is a written constitution?
Geography influenced this region to have many plantations and few cities.
What is the Southern Colonies?
Connecticut was founded by ----
What is Thomas Hooker?
This term describes laws that restricted colonial trade to benefit England.
What are the Navigation Acts?
Manufactured goods were sent from Europe to Africa in exchange for...
What are enslaved people?
Town hall meetings in New England are an example of this form of participation.
What is self-government?
This region was most economically diverse, with ports, farming, and manufacturing.
What is the Middle Colonies?
Maryland was established as a refuge for this religious group.
Who are Catholics?
A major complaint colonists had about mercantilism was that it limited...
What is free trade or economic freedom?
This trade system helped expand slavery in the Southern Colonies.
What is Triangular Trade?
Colonial governments were influenced by British ideas such as limited government and this document signed in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?