13 Colonies

Northern Colonies

100

The geography of this region includes

dense forests, rocky soil, and hilly land

200

The economy relied on what natural resources

Fishing, whaling, and lumber for the shipbuilding industry

300

Protestant group that settled in Massachusetts

Puritans

400

The climate of this region

cooler climate with long, cold, winters

500

First college in America founded in 1636 

Harvard

Middle Colonies

100

The geographic features of this region

rich soil and broad coastal plains

200

Food crops grown in this region

wheat, corn, barley, earning the region the nickname "the breadbasket colonies"

300

Founder of Pennsylvania

William Penn

400

Cities in this region that were important trade centers

New York and Philadelphia

500

Some of the groups who settled here that created a culturally diverse and tolerant region (name at least three)

England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden

Southern Colonies

100

Type of farms in the southern colonies

Plantations

200

Cash crops grown in the south

Tobacco, rice, indigo, and later cotton

300

Many laborers received paid passage to the colonies in exchange of 5-7 years of work

Indentured Servants

400

Dominant Christian religion in the South

Anglican Church

500

1619 brought this labor force who were denied basic human rights in perpetuity

Enslaved Africans

Plymouth

100

Plymouth was founded in this year

1620

200

Group who settled in Plymouth

Pilgrims

300

Reason Plymouth was founded

to escape religious persecution

400

Native American tribe who first encountered the Pilgrims

Wampanoag

500

First document for self-government in the colonies

Mayflower Compact

Jamestown

100

Jamestown was founded in this year

1607

200

Leader who helped Jamestown survive in the early years

John Smith

300

Reason Jamestown was founded

to find gold and riches

400

Crop that made Jamestown profitable

Tobacco

500

Problems that faced the first colonists in Jamestown

Swampy land and bad water