13 Colonies
What is a cash crop?
What is crops grown to be sold for cash
What is the name of the crops grown in the Middle Colony
Rye, Wheat, and Oats
Name a middle colony.
Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, or New Jersey
Which group of colonies had large forests and long natural coastlines
New England Colonies
Why did the pilgrims come to the New World?
What is to find religious freedom
This colony was the first successful colony in the New World.
What is Jamestown Virginia?
What is the name of a large farm that used slave labor? We have them in Louisiana
What is plantation?
What kind of soil did the Southern Colonies have?
What is fertile soil ?
Why couldn't people grow crops in the New England Colonies?
Poor soil and long cold winters
What is part of the economy of the New England colonies?
What are fur, trading, whaling, ship building, and fishing?
This is a blue flowering plant that was used to dye cloth.
What is indigo?
What was the original name of New York?
What is New Amsterdam?
What was England's primary reason for wanting to colonize America?
What is to claim territory (land) and expand empires
Which colonies had the highest number of slaves?
Southern Colonies
Name a Southern Colony.
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland
Name a New England Colony
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut
The catching of whales for their meat, oil and bones
whaling
Which country established a FUR TRADE with Native American Indians in the New World?
What is France
Which colonial region does North Carolina belong to?
What are the Southern Colonies ?
What is the name of the religious groups that founded the New England Colonies? Name at least one
Pilgrims or Puritans
Which colonies did people learn to respect each other's religions, cultures, and languages?
Middle Colonies
Which colonies allowed slaves to learn how to read and write?
New England Colonies
What religious group founded Pennsylvania?
Which colonial region is known as the "Bread Basket" Colonies?
What is the Middle Colonies or the Mid-Atlantic Colonies
What crop helped Jamestown succeed?
What is tobacco?