Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Vocabulary
People
100

These states make up the Southern Colonies.

(Hint: there are 5)

What is Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland?

100

These states make up the Middle Colonies.

(Hint: there are 4)

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

100

These states make up the New England Colonies.

(Hint: there are 4)

What is New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut?

100

A crop that is grown to be sold.

What is a Cash Crop?

100

These people sailed to America on a ship called the Mayflower.

Who are the Pilgrims?

200

This was the first permanent English
settlement.

What is Jamestown?

200

This was the nickname of the Middle Colonies.

What are the Breadbasket Colonies?

200

This was the most important influence on the New England Colonies.

What is religion?

200

The acceptance of different beliefs or practices.

What is Tolerance?

200

This man started a colony in Georgia for the poor.

Who is James Oglethorpe?

300

________ and ________ were South Carolina’s biggest crops.

What is indigo and rice?

300

This was the largest city out of all the colonies.

What is Philadelphia?

300

These people founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony and were known for their strict rules.

Who are the Puritans?

300

A building used for meetings and worship.

What is a Common House?

300

This man's rule was, "Those who do not work, do not eat".

Who is John Smith?

400

This state was a refuge for English Catholics.

What is Maryland?

400

Most of the settlers in the Middle Colonies came from these countries.

(Hint: there are 3)

What is Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands?

400

This is where the pilgrims arrived after traveling on the Mayflower.

What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?

400

The ability of people to rule themselves and make their own laws.

What is Self-Government?

400

These Native Americans lived in Virginia at the time the Virginia colony was established.

Who are the Powhatan?

500

This is the name of the forced voyage made by enslaved Africans, from Africa to America.

What is the Middle Passage?

500

These two cities became centers for trade and shipping in the Middle Colonies.

What is Philadelphia and New York City

500

This was the wave of settlement from 1630 to 1660 when thousands of English Puritans came to settle in Massachusetts Bay Colony.

What is the Great Migration?

500

The upper or noble class whose members’ status is usually inherited.

What is Aristocracy?

500

This man wrote a letter to the Native Americans promising to be kind and peaceful, before arriving to America.

Who is William Penn?