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Early Colonies
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Vocabulary
100

Before getting the name New York this colony was called_________________? 

What is New Amsterdam? 

100
Name the New England colonies
New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island
100
What was the nick-name of the middle colonies
Breadbasket colonies
100
Name the Southern Colonies
Maryland Virginia South Carolina North Carolina Georgia
100
Extra crops that could be sold for profit
Cash crops
200

This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.

Who was Phocahontas?

200

Why did early colonists in North America tended to settle near rivers 

were more suitable for agriculture.

200
Name the middle colonies
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware
200
Name the main cash crops of the Southern Colonies
Tobacco Rice Indigo Cotton
200

What is the difference between slavery and indentured servitude? 

Indentured servitude was done voluntarily and had a completion date. Slavery was done by force and the person was not paid.   

300

This Wampanoag tribe member helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth.

Who was Squanto?

300

This group of people settled at Plymouth 

Who are the Pilgrims 

300
What was the most important product of the Middle Colonies?
Grain/Wheat
300
Southern planters came to depend on this type of labor
Slave labor
300

a legal document that defines the structure, purpose, and rights of an organization, city, colony, or corporation

A charter 

400

The Puritans first settlement in North America.

What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

400

Why did the Pilgrims come to North America? 

Religious freedom

400
The person that was given land by the King of England as debt payment. He founded the colony of Pennsylvania
William Penn
400
These are Huge Farms. They were like very small towns. Workers produced everything they needed to live and work there. They are called....
Planations
400

The route that brought enslaved Africans to North and South America 

The Middle Passage 

500

The first colony to be created by the British. 

What is Jamestown? 

500

A set of rules signed by the pilgrims

Mayflower compact

500
The rich soil and long growing season in the South made the area well suited to produce cash crops such as A. Tobacco and rice B. Corn and potatoes C. grains and produce
A. Tobacco and rice
500

James Oglethorpe created this colony as a home for debtors.  

Georgia 

500

The economic theory that states the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country 

Mercantilism