Colonizing Countries
This country settled Florida
Who is Spain
This region had rocky soil and relied on fishing and shipbuilding.
What is the New England Colonies
This colony was founded by William Penn for religious freedom.
What is Pennsylvania
What is a colony?
What is a territory settled by people from a foreign power
What is a primary source?
What is original documents or artifacts created during the time under study.
The first French colonists in North America were mostly interested in
What is fishing, trapping, and trading.
This region was known for religious diversity and farming grains.
What is the Middle Colonies
This colony was founded for debtors and as a buffer against Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia
What is the difference between "import" and "export"?
What is import is something your country takes in and export is something that is shipped out.
A letter from a colonist describing colonization is a
What is a primary source
What was an important economic activity of both the French and Dutch settlements?
What is fur trade.
This region had plantations and relied heavily on enslaved labor.
What is the Southern Colonies
Which colony was founded by Lord Baltimore as a haven for Catholics?
What is Maryland
What does “cash crop” mean. What are two examples.
What are plants grown specifically to be sold for a profit, rather than for the farmer's own food or use.
What is tobacco, sugar cane, cotton, coffee, etc.
Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go on his first voyage?
Where is India
What were the three main reasons why Spanish explorers established colonies in the Americas?
What is God, Gold, and Glory.
Which colonial region included colonies like Massachusetts and Rhode Island?
What is the New England Colonies
What document set rules for representative government.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What is an indentured servant?
What is someone who signed a contract to work for a master for a set number of years.
What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on Native American populations?
What is they decreased.
Which colonizing country had the most lasting influence on the America?
What is England
Why was farming more successful in the Southern colonies than in New England?
What is they had better environmental conditions
Name all 13 colonies grouped by region.
What is New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut), the Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware), and the Southern Colonies (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
What does “self-government” mean?
What is government of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony.
What promoted the spread of permanent settlements in the Americas?
What is the development of farming.