New England Colonies
An official paper from the King that gave settlers permission to start a colony
Charter
crop produced to sell than to be used by the grower
Plantation owners often hired an ____________ to watch enslaved people as they worked.
overseer
A person who comes into a new country to make a new life
Immigrant
He led a group of Puritans to settle the Massachusetts bay colony and became governor.
John Winthrop
Farmers transport crops along these two rivers. Name one.
Hudson and Delaware
Swampy areas in these colonies provided many mosquitoes which resulted in these two diseases that killed people.
malaria and yellow fever
They lived and worked with an artisans family for several years to learn a skill
apprentice
The Mayflower Compact influences this kind of government.
Self government and majority rule
Jamestown was located in this colony.
Virginia
These colonies created public schools so children could learn to read the Bible
New England
The trade route that carried enslaved Africans to the West Indies
Middle Passage
The economy in these colonies grow due to these three industries
ship building, fishing, and whaling
ship building, fur trading, and small farms
Tobacco, cotton, and _____________ were cash crops in these colonies.
The reason why the Puritans came to the New World.
Religious freedom
Once a year, the townspeople gathered at the meetinghouse for a ____________________.
town meeting
There was great _________________ in the middle colonies, many cultures, languages, and beliefs were found there.
diversity
Which large city and busy port was in South Carolina?
Charles Town
Jamestown established this in 1619 and it was the first form of self government
House of Burgess
Many colonies were named after rulers in England. Name one ruler and the colony that used its name.
King George - Georgia
Virgin Queen Elizabeth - Virginia