The Arrival
No matter their reasons for coming, all European settlers established their colonies on land where these people were already living.
Native Americans
The 3 main reasons the British left England and came to America
Religious freedom, gain wealth, for refuge (escape prison)
Which colonial region had forests, navigable rivers (rivers where boats can easily travel) and natural harbors?
New England Colonies
Part I: In this region, the abundant forests, rivers and the sea provided many ways to make a living?
Part 2: What were 3 jobs in this region?
New England Colonies
Logging, ship building, fishing, whaling, sea trade
How did the Native Americans assist the colonists and help them survive in the "new land"?
Taught them farming techniques
This group of people came to the Americas to escape being thrown into prison for owing money to banks, merchants (shop-keepers) and landlords in England.
Who are debtors?
Which colonial region had rocky soil and long, freezing winters?
New England
Southern plantation owners relied heavily on these two groups of "unpaid workers to plant and harvest their massive fields.
Indentured servants and enslaved Africans
These four specific colonies made up the New England region, where early settlers arrived facing a harsh climate and long winters.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?
Colonists looking for a safe place to practice their faith without fear of persecution were seeking this kind of freedom.
Religious Freedom
Which colonial region grew high-value cash crops grown to sell for a profit?
Southern Colonies
This colonial region practiced subsistence farming...
What is New England?
These five specific colonies made up the Southern region, where business-minded settlers arrived looking for wealth.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
A person who signed a contract to work for a master in the American colonies for a set number of years in exchange for the cost of travel to the Americas, food, shelter, and clothing.
Many indentured servants were also debtors (people who owed money back in England)
Indentured Servant
Which colonial region had a long summers that supported for farming?
What is Southern Colonies
What is subsistence farming?
A practice where the farmer grows just enough food to feed his family, but not to sell.
These four specific colonies made up the Middle region, where a diverse population of settlers arrived looking for religious freedom and farming opportunities in a climate with rich soil and mild winters.
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
These colonists traveled to the Americas with the goal of making a profit from natural resources (gaining wealth).
Hint: What type of people were they?
Business people
Which colonial region was known as the "Breadbasket" Colonies and why?
The Middle Colonies
This is an economic policy (law) where countries like England tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies.
Natural resources (also called raw materials) such as wood, furs and gold were sent to England, made into products in their factories and the products were sold back to the colonies and other countries.
What is mercantilism?