New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Economy
Vocabulary
100

It was this year when the Puritans settled Plymouth, Massachusetts

1620

100

This colony was originally called New Amsterdam

New York

100

Jamestown was established using a charter from this group

Virginia Company of London

100

This area had the most tobacco

Southern Colonies

100

The Great Awakening began in this century

1700s

200

This resource was commonly found in the New England colonies

Timber/ Wood

200

The middle colonies used this type of democracy 

Representative

200

Most settlers to the original Jamestown died due to - 

Disease

200

The most popular cash crop grown

Tobacco

200

Something grown for profit

cash crop

300

This motivation was the driving motivation behind the settlement of the New England Colonies

Religious Freedom

300

This group of peaceful people settled in Pennsylvania

The Quakers

300

This person introduced high quality Tobacco to Jamestown

John Rolfe

300

It was this trade route that allowed the colonies and England to get rich.

Triangular Trade

300

The journey that enslaved Africans traveled by boat to the "New World"

The Middle Passage

400

This document was the agreement between settlers to create a self led government and laws. Established a "Covenant Community".

Mayflower Compact

400

The social structure in the Middle Colonies was known for being - 

Flexible and Tolerant

400

Settlers in Western Appalachia relied on this type of farming

Subsistence Farming

400

The New England colonies exported these items

Timber, Whale Oil, Ships

400

Someone who was given land by the King to settle in the Virginia colony.

Cavalier

500

Most laws were passed by Puritan men during this type of gathering.

Town Meetings

500

This social class developed quickly in the Middle Colonies

The Middle Class

500

This was the first African sentenced to lifelong enslavement

John Punch

500

This group of colonies had rocky soil which made commercial farming for profit difficult

New England

500

Someone who makes things by hand

Artisan

600

The Puritan community used this type of democracy

Direct Democracy

600

Name all four of the colonies that were a part of the Middle Colonies.

New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey 

600
Jamestown was located in this early colony

Virginia

600

The Middle Colonies economy relied on this - 

Commercial Trading/ Seaports

600

The informal exchange of goods, materials, and disease between the "Old World" and the "New World"

Columbian Exchange

700

In the 1690's a group of girls accused people of casting spells on them during these trials

Salem Witch Trials

700

When did the British begin to establish ownership of the Middle Colonies?

1620s

700

How people in the Southern Colonies gained power.

Land Ownership + Family Status

700

This colonial region made most of their money from fishing, shipbuilding, and lumbering

New England Colonies

700

The economic relationship that a colony has with the mother country 

Mercantilism

800

Although peaceful people, Puritans were not known for being _________ to outsiders.

Tolerant

800

The motivations behind people settling in the Middle Colonies

Religious Freedom + Economic Opportunity

800

Maryland was a safe haven for these people

Catholics

800

Tobacco, rice, and indigo support the economy of this group of colonies 

Southern Colonies

800

The 1st Representative Government in Jamestown, VA

VA House of Burgesses