Colonies
The first attempt at an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony?
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
Who are Indentured Servants?
This was the nickname for the farming of wheat, corn, and grain for profit that is generally associated with the Middle Colonies
What is Bread Basket Farming?
This region of the 13 Colonies had many trees for lumber and building boats. Also, colonists relied on fish from the Atlantic Ocean in this region.
What were the New England Colonies?
This man was the leader of the Puritans
Who was John Winthrop?
The Colony established by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson was founded after they were kicked out of the Puritan community for not believing what the Puritans believed.
What is Rhode Island?
These were large production Cash Crop farms that were found in the Southern Colonies
What are Plantations?
This is the MAIN reason why 110 men sailed from England to Jamestown to start a colony.
What is to find gold?
Crops grown for money are called what?
What are cash crops?
He was a prominent Quaker who founded a colony in America based on the values of tolerance.
Who is William Penn?
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through his leadership and making men "work."
What is Jamestown?
This group of religious settlers wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. This religious group settled in Boston, Massachusetts.
Who are the Puritans?
Name three distinct items you would find on a plantation besides cash crops.
Many answers are acceptable. Mrs. Stephenson will determine what is correct.
Examples of cash crops found on Southern plantations. Name three.
What were indigo, tobacco, rice, and cotton?
He brought debtors to Georgia to work to pay off the money they owed in England.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
A colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
In the Puritan community, what was the building in the center of the town called? It was used for church services, schooling, and political meetings.
What was the Meeting House?
This colonial region had the most diverse economy. Included Bread Basket farms, busy trade harbors, fur trade, merchants, fishermen, lumber, and small farms.
What are the Middle Colonies?
The geography of this colony included fertile farmland, harbors for trade, and merchants and artisans in nearby cities.
What were the Middle Colonies??
He was the leader of the Roanoke Colony.
Who was John White?
These people settled in Georgia.
Who were debtors?
This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
These small farms that DID NOT produce income but did produce food for families. Most early colonists lived on these types of farms.
What are family farms or farms found in the New England Colonies
This Colonial region has warm summers and mild winters
What are the Southern Colonies
He brought tobacco to Jamestown and saved the colony.
Who was John Rolfe?