Colonial Regions
This region was known for shipbuilding because of its thick forests.
What is the New England Colonies?
These settlers left England to practice their religion freely and settled mostly in Massachusetts.
Who are the Puritans?
Were the middle colonies the most tolerant or the least tolerant?
Tolerant
Were the winters long or short?
Long
Did the southern colonies have rich soil or rocky soil?
Rich soil
These people held strict religious beliefs and supported town meetings.
Who are the Puritans?
This region had fertile soil and grew wheat, earning it the nickname “Breadbasket.”
What is the Middle Colonies?
These people were forced to work on the plantations from sunup to sundown.
Who are Enslaved Africans?
NICKNAME GIVEN TO THE MIDDLE COLONIES
THE BREADBASKET COLONIES
What were the Colonies based on?
Agriculture
The Southern Colonies had this kind of climate, which supported plantations.
What is a warm climate?
This was the leg of the Triangle Trade where enslaved Africans were transported across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
This region relied heavily on plantations and enslaved labor.
What is the Southern Colonies?
People who take a religious journey are called...
Pilgrims
This colony, founded by Quakers, practiced religious toleration.
What is Pennsylvania?
What did the settlers do for work?
Fishing, Shipbuilding, and Whaling
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were the main what of the Southern Colonies?
What are cash crops?
An economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country.
What is mercantilism?
This region’s cold climate and rocky soil prevented large-scale farming.
What is the New England Colonies?
This was a group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
Who are the Quakers?
THE MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN THE MIDDLE COLONIES WAS....?
Farming
These local meetings allowed colonists to practice self-government.
What are town meetings?
The first representative assembly in the New World was located in Jamestown. It was called
What is the House of Burgesses (Virginia House of Burgesses?)
This 3-part trade route linked the colonies, Africa, and the West Indies.
What is the Triangle Trade?
Rice, indigo, and tobacco were cash crops grown mainly in this colonial region.
What is the Southern Colonies?
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
Name the 4 colonies
New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania. Delaware
Name the 4 colonies.
Massachusetts. Rhode Island. Connecticut
New Hampshire
Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina.
South Carolina. Georgia
What was the most important reason for the variety of products in the different regions of the colonies
What was Geography and climate?