New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Vocabulary
On the Road to Colonization
100
What group of people settled in the New England colonies?
Puritans
100
What country did the Middle Colonies trade with the most?
England
100
Which Southern colony was home to Jamestown?
Virginia
100

What is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study?

Primary Source

100

Who was the leader of the Reformation? (Hint: Lutheran church)

Martin Luther

200

What was the largest port in New England? 

Boston

200
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
200
It took the colonists 5 ________ to travel from England to Jamestown.
months
200
What is the name for the blue dye grown in the Southern Colonies?
indigo
200

Hobbes, Locke, Rosseau, Voltaire, and Montesquieu were all famous thinkers/philosophers during the ____________ period. 

Enlightenment

300

Name one of the 4 New England Colonies.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire

300
Which middle colony welcomed all groups of people?
Pennsylvania
300

Name one of the 5 Southern Colonies.

Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, or Maryland

300

An economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.

Mercantilism

300

The stage of triangular trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported to the New World as part of the Atlantic slave trade.

Middle Passage

400
Why did Puritans want everyone to be able to read?
To read the Bible
400

Name one of the four Middle Colonies

Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, or New Jersey

400

Name at least one cash crop of the Southern colonies.

 cotton, tobacco, rice, and indigo

400

What is the name for a worker who got free passage from England and could earn their freedom after working an agreed upon number of years?

Indentured servant

400

Name one of the scientific discoveries that came out of the Age of Reason. (Hint: think Sir Isaac Newton, Copernicus, or Sir Francis Bacon)

 - Sir Isaac Newton = gravity

 - Copernicus = heliocentric model

 - Sir Francis Bacon = scientific method

500
Which New England colony had two parts (two locations)?
Massachusetts
500
What did the Native Americans help the colonists grow?
corn
500

Which colony was founded to protect southern colonies from Spanish invasion through Florida (and to house debtors from England)?

Georgia

500

What is the name for a large farm in the southern colonies with many buildings?

Plantation

500

18th and 19th-century trading that involved shipping natural resources, finished goods, and slaves between Europe, the Americas, and Africa.  

Triangular Trade

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