New England Colonies
How did the New England Colonies make their money?
Shipbuilding, timber, whaling
What group of people could vote?
Free white men who belonged to the church
What colony provided Catholics protection from religious persecution?
Maryland
What was another name for the French and Indian War?
The Seven Years' War
What country owned the 13 colonies?
Great Britain
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What religious group was against war, felt that people could pray in their own way, and allowed women to be preachers?
Quakers
What was the main source of money in the Southern Colonies?
Cash crops on plantations
What was the name of the fort the British soldiers built (led by George Washington)?
Fort Necessity
gristmills
What colony was established for religious regions?
Massachusetts
Who was the Quaker who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What colony was to protect the rest of the colonies from Spanish Florida?
Georgia
What area of land was the French and Indian War over?
Ohio River Valley
What was the name for the long and horrific journey by which enslaved people came to the Americas?
Middle Passage
Who was the founder of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
What two colonies did the Duke of York found?
New York and New Jersey
What was the name of the governing body that allowed self rule in Virginia?
House of Burgesses
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
The French and the British
What colony had the most enslaved people and why?
The Southern colonies had the most slaves because they had large plantations and needed workers to tend to the crops.
What was the most important building in the New England Colonies?
Meetinghouse
The Middle Colonies were known for what type of cities due to their sheltered harbors and deep rivers?
port cities
How did the enslaved people live on plantations in the Southern Colonies?
In slave quarters with families
What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
It prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What continents were part of the Triangular Trade system?
Europe, Africa, Americas