This colony was the northernmost of the 13 colonies.
What is New Hampshire?
The Pilgrims started this colony to have freedom of religion.
What is Massachusetts?
Big farms in the South were called this.
What are plantations?
This group wanted to “purify” the Church of England and started the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who are the Puritans?
The colonies were ruled by this country before they became the United States.
What is Great Britain or England?
The 13 colonies were divided into these three regions.
What are New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
Roger Williams started this colony after leaving Massachusetts.
What is Rhode Island?
People in New England made money from this job at sea.
What is fishing or shipbuilding?
This colony wrote the first plan for government called the Fundamental Orders.
What is Connecticut?
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought here.
What is Massachusetts (Lexington and Concord)?
This colony was started to protect South Carolina from Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia?
James Oglethorpe started this colony for people who owed money.
What is Georgia?
Enslaved Africans were forced to work mostly in this region.
What is the Southern Colonies?
The Great Awakening was a time when people cared more about this.
What is religion or faith?
This paper said the colonies were now free from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Middle Colony was known for its large port city of Philadelphia.
What is Pennsylvania?
William Penn founded Pennsylvania for this religious group.
Who are the Quakers?
The Middle Colonies were called the “Breadbasket Colonies” because they grew this.
What is wheat or grain?
This leader made Pennsylvania a place where all religions were welcome.
Who is William Penn?
Colonists said “No taxation without representation” because of these.
What are unfair taxes and laws?
Name all 13 original colonies.
What are: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
This colony was started so Catholics could worship freely.
What is Maryland?
The trade route that went between Africa, America, and Europe was called this.
What is the Triangular Trade?
In colonial times, the richest people owned these.
What are large farms or plantations?
The colonies won this war to become their own country.
What is the American Revolution?