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Southern Colonies
100
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
100
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
100

This group wanted a place to practice thier religious beliefs and founded the Massachusetts Bay colony (Salem, Boston)in New England. They wanted to "purify" the Church of England.

Who were the Puritans?

100
This was a group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
What were the Quakers?
100
A group of these people put in prison for owing money settled in the Southern Colonies (Georgia).
Who were debtors?
200

This was a leader of Jamestown that improved their conditions by making the rule "If you don't work, you don't eat".

Who was John Smith?

200

The System English Colonies established to promote more colonization.

What is the Headright system

200
English Explorer who explored the East Coast in the 1500s

Who was John Cabot

200
These crops grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. They gave these colonies the nickname the "breadbasket" colonies. (Name two)
What are wheat, corn, and rye?
200
He founded Georgia to help debtors pay back their debts.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
300

What Colonies were a gift from King Charles, for helping him restore his Crown.

What are North and South Carolina 

300
All the buisnesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service.
What is an industry?
300

A colony that was owned by joint-stock Companies is knowns as_______?

What is a Corporate Colony

300

What were all of the Middle Colonies

What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

300
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
400

What colony was presented to King Charles brother Duke of York.

What is New Amsterdam (New York)

400
The French started this colony to gain profits from the sale of furs to Europe.
What was Louisiana?
400
These two leaders started settlements that joined to become the Rhode Island Colony.
Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?
400
A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania. He was member of the "Society of Friends".
Who was William Penn?
400
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is a slave?
500

The First New England Colony was________ and it was established in_______.

What is Plymouth and What is 1620.

500
This was the name given to the owner of a colony.
What was a proprietor?
500

The First Self government document in America. 

What is the Mayflower Compact

500
This word means to accept religious differences.
What is tolerance?
500
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?