New England
Why were many New England colonies founded?
What is for Economic/ Religious reasons?
Why did some settlers come to the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
For profit and for religious freedom / to farm and trade
Why were many Southern colonies founded?
Answers may vary ( A new start, religious freedom, economic freedom
Who were indentured servants?
People who worked for a set time for someone who paid for their trip to America
What does "economy" mean?
Economy means how people make, trade, and use money, food, and goods.
Name one important job or industry in New England?
Fishing (or shipbuilding, whaling, trade).
Name one crop or product commonly grown or made in the Mid-Atlantic.
Wheat, grains, livestock, or flour.
Name one cash crop grown on Southern plantations
Tobacco, rice, or indigo.
Give one job a large landowner might have had.
Manage the plantation, make trade decisions, and lead local government.
What is a natural resource? Give one example colonists used.
Natural resource = something from nature used by people (timber, fish, fertile soil)
How was education often organized in New England towns?
Towns often built schools and the Puritans valued reading the Bible; children learned reading and writing in small local schools
How were people in the Mid-Atlantic colonies different from New England because of religion?
The Mid-Atlantic had more religious diversity and tolerance (many faiths lived there).
How was education different in the Southern colonies compared to New England?
Education was less organized publicly; wealthy families hired tutors or sent children to private tutors or schools far away.
Name one way women's daily life in colonial America could differ from men's
Women ran households, cared for children, spun cloth, and sometimes did farm work; they had fewer legal rights than men.
How did being near the ocean help colonists make money?
Ships could carry fish and goods to other colonies and to Europe; fishing and trade were important.
What role did religion play in New England colony life?
Religion guided laws and daily life; many communities were centered around churches.
Describe one reason the Mid-Atlantic colonies were called the "breadbasket."
Because they grew large amounts of grain and wheat used for food and trade.
Describe how slavery affected the Southern economy.
Plantations used enslaved labor to grow export crops, making plantation owners wealthy.
What kinds of jobs did artisans do in colonial towns?
Blacksmiths, shoemakers, carpenters, weavers — they made goods and tools for towns.
Explain why some colonies traded more goods with other places.
Religion guided laws and daily life; many communities were centered around churches.
Give two ways the New England geography (coastline, forests) affected what people did for work.
The coastline allowed fishing and trade; forests provided wood for shipbuilding and homes.
Explain how the Mid-Atlantic's physical features (rivers, fertile soil) helped its economy.
Rivers made it easy to move goods; fertile soil helped grow crops that could be sold.
Explain how the Southern colonies' climate and soil shaped their farming.
Warm climate and rich soil supported large farms and long growing seasons for cash crops
Compare the life of a small farmer with the life of an enslaved person
Small farmer: owned or worked a small farm and grew food for family and local markets. Enslaved person: forced to work without pay, with no freedom and harsh conditions.
Use one complete sentence to explain how physical geography helps determine what jobs people do.
The coastline allowed fishing and trade; forests provided wood for shipbuilding and homes.