Name That Colony
Known for its Puritan leaders and having strict beliefs that forced many to leave the colony.
What is Massachusetts Bay?
The reasons farming was more common in the southern colonies as opposed to the New England and Middle Colonies.
What is the climate in the south made it ideal to grow farms there. Their growing seasons tended to last longer than in the north which allowed farmers to grow more and earn more money. The soil in the southern colonies was much better than that in the north.
Gave William Penn permission to start the Pennsylvania colony.
Who is King Charles II?
The mythical creature that respawns more heads as one is cut off.
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What is a hydra?
It was easy living in Massachusetts Bay as they were friendly to all religions.
You be trippin', it was difficult to live there because they were not friendly to all relgions.
Created by these peace loving colonists who chose not to fight, this colony gave colonists many freedoms including religious freedom, but they had very limited voting rights.
What is Pennsylvania?
Explain how officials, such as the governor, were appointed in the New York colony.
Officials such as the governor were usually appointed by the king. The citizens had little to no say in who would be the next governor or official as they could not vote.
Brother of Lord Baltimore, would be the Governor of Maryland.
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Who is Leonard Calvert?
The mythical creature that sometimes lives under bridges, can only be killed by fire.
What is a troll?
New York was the most democratic of all the colonies.
You be trippin', Rhode Island was the most democratic.
Known for being the most democratic of all the colonies, would be created because its leader was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay for not agreeing with the Puritan way of life.
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What is Rhode Island?
What is he believed religion should be separated from the government?
Would take control of the Georgia colony after the rich land owners.
Who is King George II?
A mythical creature that has the head of a human, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion.
What is a manticore?
It was easy being a Puritan woman in Massachusetts Bay.
You be trippin', women had a very difficult time living as a Puritan in Massachusetts Bay.
Its main city would be named after the man who founded it, and it would be a safe place for English Catholics to live in.
What is Maryland?
Georgia was created to stop people from this country from coming up north from this southern state.
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What is Spain and Florida?
Founder of Massachusetts Bay and would be voted as the governor twelve times.
John Winthrop
A mythical creature known for being part man and part bull.
What is a minotaur?
A pacifist enjoys war and loves fighting of all kinds.
You be trippin', they do not like any war or fighting.
This colony would be created as a way for people who owed massive debts to pay them off as indentured servants.
What is Georgia?
In the beginning, ________ started and ran the colony of Georgia, but later it was turned over to ____________ to run it.
What is rich land owners, and King George II?
This man, who shares the name of a delicious breakfast meat, was famous for leading the first popular revolt against the government in the English colonies.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
This mythical creature often takes the shape of any object it wants to ambush its prey.
What is a mimic?
To learn a skill under a master of their craft, a colonist would often become an indentured servant living with them and earning their stay.
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You be trippin', they would become an apprentice.