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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 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

Name one Southern Colony.

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Georgia.

200

What country established all 13 English colonies?

What is England?

200

Which colonial region had the warmest climate and longest growing season?

What are the Southern Colonies?

200
This was the leading industry in New England?
What was shipbuilding?
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

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

What is Jamestown, Virginia?

300

What economic activity was important in all three colonial regions?

What is agriculture (farming) or trade

300

Which region was known for religious diversity and tolerance?

What are The Middle Colonies?

300
These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name two)
What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?
300

Why were the Middle Colonies more culturally diverse than some other colonial regions?

They attracted immigrants from different countries, religions, and cultural backgrounds.

300

Which words did enslaved Africans introduce to the English language?

What are 'yam and tote'?

400

This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.

Who was Pocahontas?

400

How did religion influence daily life differently in New England and the Middle Colonies?

Puritan beliefs influenced strict laws and community expectations in parts of New England, while the Middle Colonies generally allowed greater religious diversity.


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 an enslaved person?

500

What was a major alliance of Native American tribes in what is now the state of New York?

What was the Iroquois Confederacy?

500

How did the economies of the Middle and Southern Colonies differ?

The Middle Colonies relied heavily on grain farming and trade, while the Southern Colonies relied on cash crops and plantation agriculture

500

Name 2 New England colonies. 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or New Hampshire.

500

Which settlement was NOT part of the Middle Colonies? Pennsylvania, New York, Virginia, New Jersey

What is Virginia?

500
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?