New England Colonies
This is the main religion of the Massachusetts colony.
What is Puritan
Which group of people or person originally discovered New York?
The Dutch or Henry Hudson
Name at least two major cash crops in the Southern Colonies.
Tobacco Indigo
Rice Cotton
What is the term used for jobs and money in a colony.
economy
Who founded the colony of Massachusetts
John Winthrop
What are the 4 New England Colonies
Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
What colony did William Penn find?
Pennsylvania
Why was the colony of Maryland created?
To provide a safe place for Catholics to practice their religion.
What is the term that is used for they type of government where people vote for their law makers.
Democracy or Democratic Government
What colony did Roger Williams find?
Rhode Island
Shipbuilding was one of the jobs in this colony. Which natural resource did the colonists use to create this job?
What is timber or wood.
The names of the 4 Middle Colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
Name the 5 southern colonies
Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, N.C, S.C,
What kind of government is run by a king or queen.
Monarchy
Who founded the colony of Maryland
Cecile Calvert - Lord of Baltimore
What is rocky soil and a cold climate
What about the geography and climate of New England made farming difficult?
The king of England gave the land known as New York over to which man?
The Duke of York
Which colony was the last to be established
What is Georgia
This colony was founded as a way for debtors to escape prison in England.
Georgia
Who founded the colony of New York
Duke of York
What did Roger Williams allow for in the colony of Rhode Island?
Religious Freedoms
Which crop did the middle colonies produce that led them to be know as the "bread basket" colonies?
What is wheat
Who founded the colony of Georgia
James Ogelthorpe
Who appointed the governers in some of the colonies.
Who is John Smith?
He founded the settlement Jamestown which later became the colony of Virginia.