13 Colonies
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Which region's colonist were exclusively searching for religious freedom?
What are the New England colonies?
Founder of Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn
Last colony to be settled
What is Georgia?
What year was Plymouth founded?
1620
What year was Jamestown founded?
1607
These colonies are part of what region?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
The New England Colonies.
This region's economy depended on large plantations that grew cotton, indigo, and tobacco.
What is the southern region also known as the southern colonies?
Agricultural products sold for profit.
What is a cash crop?
The first permanent English colony in the Americas
What is Jamestown?
This group of people founded the colony of New Netherlands which later became the colony of New York.
Who are the Dutch?
The Quakers, Puritans, and Catholics wanted to establish __________ __________ in the new colonies.
What is religious freedom?
These colonies are part of what region? New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
The Middle Colonies.
Settlers in New England who were known for their devout faith and strict religious laws
Puritans
What colony is New York in?
What are the middle colonies
This crop helped save Jamestown.
tobacco
This group believed in the town meeting system where each community should rule itself.
Who are the Puritans?
A holiday started by celebrating success at the Plymouth Colony.
What is Thanksgiving?
These colonies were in what region? South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Georgia
What is the south or the southern colonies?
Pennsylvania was mainly settled by what religious group?
Who are the Quakers?
This government document put limits on the monarch in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
Why was the Transatlantic Slave Trade used to support the Southern Colonies?
The climate and geography allowed for labor intensive crops and there was a lack of cheap labor.
What colony did Thomas Hooker establish?
What is Connecticut?
"Owner" of Maryland
Who was Lord Baltimore?
This Italian explorer was sent by Spain in 1492 to Explore and ended up colonizing much of Latin America.
Christopher Columbus
This was the first self-government in the New England colonies.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
This word means the mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their belief
What is persecution?
Signed a contract to work as a servant in order to gain passage to the colonies.
What is an indentured servant?
Appalachian Mountains
Houses, such as these, were built in the Southern Colonies by settlers who had indentured slaves.
What are planations?
Name 3 reasons for Spanish EXPLORATION
God (spreading of Catholicism), Gold, Glory
Which colony had a greater diversity of people?
What are the middle colonies
What colony did Anne Hutchinson found?
Rhode Island Colony
New Netherlands later became known as what?
New York
Which country profited from fur trade and made good friends with the Native Americans?
Which colony was known as the breadbasket colony?
What is the Middle Colonies?
Name 3 reasons for French EXPLORATION.
Furs, Fish, Friends (allies with Native Americans)
What colony gained economic wealth by whaling, shipbuilding and lumber?
What are the New England Colonies?
What 2 things saved Jamestown Colony?
Tobacco and the rule: If you don't work, you don't eat.
Which country ACTUALLY profited from gold and silver mines during Exploration?
Spain
religious freedom
Of the 3 colonies attempted by England, 1 failed and 2 were successful. What are the 2 that were successful?
Jamestown and Plymouth
Name 3 reasons for British EXPLORATION.
God (religious freedom), Gold, Glory
Which region was characterized by harsh winters, rocky soil, and a short growing season?
What are the New England colonies?
The group of people believed in equality for all people
Who are the Quakers?
The House of Burgesses signified what?
The beginning of a representative government in the English Colonies
2 PART QUESTION
Concerning the 13 Colonies, how many regions are they? Name them.
3: New England Colonies, the Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies
Why were the settlements built by rivers or along the coast?
It served as a means of transportation and trade along with fresh drinking water.
Where did the British explorers colonize in North America?
What colony did Roger Williams establish?
What is Rhode Island?
Why was Georgia founded?
As a debtor colony and buffer between Spain and England.
Why was Maryland established?
It was established as a haven for Catholics
What region is characterized by fertile soil, hot climate, and long growing seasons?
Southern Colonies
What was the economic system in which a colony exclusively traded goods to the mother country.
Mercantilism
Where did the Spanish explorers colonize in North America?
Florida and the Southwest.
Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
The regions had different geographies and resources
The main type of Christianity in the New England colonies?
What is the Puritans
Which colony is the House of Burgesses associated with?
The Virginia Colony
What was the 1st written constitution in the Colonies?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Why did Roger Williams clash with the Puritans of Massachusetts?
He didn't feel that it was right to force everyone to worship a certain way
Where did the French explorers colonize in North America?
Canada, Great Lakes, Louisiana Territory.