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New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Backcountry
French and Indian War
100
Name of a New England Colony
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
100
Name of a Middle Colony
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania
100
Name of a Southern Colony
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
100
Mountain range at the edge of the Backcountry
Appalachian Mountains
100
Three groups that fought in the French and Indian War
French, Indians, and British
200
Group that landed at Plymouth
Pilgrims
200
Group that founded Pennsylvania
Quakers
200
Economic system used in the Southern Colonies
Plantation Economy
200
European group that moved into the area in the 1700s
Scots-Irish
200
Claim to this river valley started the war
Ohio River Valley
300
Group that landed at Massachusetts Bay
Puritans
300
Grain crops that can be sold for profit
Cash crops
300
Crop that made the Southern Colonies rich
Tobacco
300
Type of farming practiced in the Backcountry
Subsistence Farming
300
Young British officer sent to ask the French to leave the Ohio River Valley
George Washington
400
Native American who taught the Pilgrims how to plant corn
Squanto
400
Colony that was a haven for Catholics
Maryland
400
Person who brought tobacco farming to Jamestown
John Rolfe
400
Colony most future Backcountry settlers initially went to for religious freedom
Pennsylvania
400
Country that gained all land east of the Mississippi River
England
500
Document signed by Pilgrims to set up government and laws
Mayflower Compact
500
Type of colony controlled by William Penn
Proprietary colony
500
First North American assembly elected in 1619
House of Burgesses
500
Predominant religious group in the Backcountry
Presbyterian
500
Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763