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General
General 2
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100

Group that settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts

What is a Pilgrim?

100
The main reason for the growth of representative government in the colonies.

What is distance from Britain (salutary neglect)?

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 the first successful British colony in the new world.

What was Jamestown?

200

A government where people get to choose their leaders.

What is self-government, representative government, or democracy?

200

These were the leading industries in New England.

What was shipbuilding, fishing, lumber?

200

The Middle Colonies could grow grains, and got this as a nickname because of it.

What is the Breadbasket?

200

Large farms in the south where cash crops were grown.

What were plantations?

300

In this document, the Pilgrims agreed to make and obey fair laws.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

The name for activities involved in making and spending money.

What is economic?

300

This was the climate of the New England Colonies.

What is cold, with rocky soil?

300

The Middle Colonies (Name 2).

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

300

This was the climate in the southern colonies.

What is hot, sunny, with good farmland?

400

This was the year the first successful British colony was founded.

What was 1607?

400

Explorers from this country focused on the fur trade to make money.

Who were the French?

400

This document was the first written Constitution in the colonies, written by Thomas Hooker.

What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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

This colony was known for religious tolerance.

What is Rhode Island?

500

This colony was founded as a refuge for the Catholics.

What was Maryland?

500
This was the real name of King Phillip, the leader of the Wampanoag tribe.
Who was Metacomet?
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 cotton, tobacco, indigo, and rice?