It's a Regional Thing- You Wouldn't Understand
It's Pronounced New England Clam Chowda!
Stuck in the Middle
Headed South for the Winter
Hodgepodge
100

Name one of the three distinctions colonies were based upon.

Climate, Resources, People

100

What type of farming, which grows only enough food for one's family, was used in New England?

Subsistence farming

100

What city was known for its trade and rapid growth at this time?

NYC

100

Why did it not work to enslave Native Americans in the South?

Died of disease, were able to escape in known country

100

What was the name for the region of dense forests and rushing streams near the Appalachian Mountains?

Backcountry

200

Which colonies enslaved Africans to work on plantations?

Southern

200

Name a way slaves were used in New England. 

House servants, cooks, gardeners, stable-hands, on docks, in shops, in warehouses

200

What was the nickname for the Middle Colonies because of the amount of grain they produced?

"Breadbasket Colonies"

200

What group was used as slaves before Africans?

Indentured Servants

200

With what did the first European in the Backcountry pay for goods they purchased from Native Americans?

Buckskins

300

Which colonies had the largest group of settlers?

New England

300

Name a reason for the decline in the Puritan religion. 

Drive for economic success competed with Puritan ideas, increasing competition from other religious groups, political changes (Religious freedom for all protestants, right to vote based on property ownership and not church membership)

300

What city was known for its extravagant buildings such as Independence Hall?

Philadelphia

300
Besides rebellion, name a way that African slaves fought against their Enslavement.

worked slowly, damaged goods & tools, did things incorrectly

300

What percentage of the enslaved African in America lived in the Southern Colonies in 1750?

85%

400

Which colonies attracted immigrants from all over Europe?

Middle

400

Describe the three routes of the triangular trade and what was transported during each route. 

Rum & Iron to Africa, Slaves and Gold to West Indies, Sugar and Molasses to New England

400

What was the largest European immigrant group in the Middle Colonies other than the English?

German

400

Why wasn't there a need for large cities, like the ones in New England, in the South?

They were self-sufficient.

400
Since it wanted its parts of the profits, what did England pass in 1651 which limited what merchants could do?

Navigation Acts

500

Which region attracted a lot of Scots-Irish immigrants?

Backcountry

500

Besides fishing, how did the Atlantic Ocean offer economic Opportunities?

Shipbuilding, trade

500

What was practiced by the Dutch in New York and the Quakers in Pennsylvania that made settling there attractive?

Religious Tolerance

500

From what time of day to what time of day did slaves work?

"Can see" to "Can't see"

500

What percentage of the Middle Colonies' population was enslaved?

7%

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