Similarities
Differences
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
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 Americas first cash crop.

What was tobacco?

100

This was Americas first colony

What was Roanoke?

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
A person who lived with and worked with an artisan's family for several years, learning a skill in order to earn a living.
What is an apprentice?
200
This was the leading industry in New England?
What was shipbuilding?
200

These crops grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. (Name two)

What are wheat, corn, and rye?

200

This man married Pocahontas 

Who was John Rolfe?

300

The pilgrims sailed to America on this ship.

What is the Mayflower?

300
All the buisnesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service.
What is an industry?
300
These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name two)
What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?
300
Benjamin Franklin lived in this city and worked to improve it.
What is Philadelphia?
300
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
400
This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.
Who was Phocahontas?
400

Florida was a colony of which country?

What was Spain?

400
These two leaders started settlements that joined to become the Rhode Island Colony.
Who were Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson?
400

This man was the Governor of Virginia?

Who was William Berkley?

400
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is a slave?
500
This Wampanoag tribe member helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth.
Who was Squanto?
500

They gave the middle colonies the nickname the "_____________" colonies.

What was "Breadbasket Colonies"?

500

This was the wealthiest city in the New World.

What was Boston?

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?