New England Colonies
This is the name of the place that the Puritans settled in 1620
What is Plymouth?
This is the famous nickname for the middle colonies because of their main industry
What is "the breadbasket colonies"?
The Southern Colonies had a long growing season and fertile soil, ideal for these types of crops.
What are cash crops?
Indentured servants worked for a set number of years in exchange for this.
What is passage to America?
The year the Mayflower Compact was signed
What is 1620?
This was one of the major industries (ways of making money) in the New England Colonies
What are fishing or shipbuilding?
William Penn founded this colony known for its religious tolerance
What is Pennsylvania?
This was a specific kind of farm worked by enslaved people in the Southern Colonies`
What are plantations?
Indentured servants typically worked for this many years to pay off their debt.
What is 2-7 years?
The Mayflower Compact was created by these settlers who landed in Plymouth.
Who are the Pilgrims and Puritans?
New England soil was rocky making this industry uncommon
What is farming?
The Middle Colonies had a large population of this religious group
What are the "Quakers"?
This crop was used to create a blue dye for clothing
What is Indigo?
Many indentured servants hoped to receive this at the end of their service.
What is land?
The Mayflower Compact was significant because it established this form of government among the settlers.
What is self-government?
These two groups came to New England to practice their religion far away from England
What are the Puritans and Pilgrims?
Quakers were famously against this American practice
What is slavery?
This was the first crop successfully grown for profit in the Southern Colonies
What is tobacco?
Indentured Servitude was eventually replaced by this form of labor
What is slavery?
The colonists when signing the Mayflower Compact made this agreement
What is "to obey the laws of the government we elect"
Farming was difficult in New England due to this season being incredibly short?
What is the "growing season"
The farmers in the middle colonies transported their crops to the Port Cities through what geographic feature?
What are rivers?
This group has the most power and land in the Southern colonies
Who are the "plantation owners" or "planter class"?
Indentured servants differed from enslaved people because of this key difference.
Any answer that Mr. Pitt accepts as true
The Mayflower Compact was influenced by the Pilgrims' experiences with religious persecution in this country.
What is England?