New England Colonies
The New England Colonies include which 4 colonies
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire
The Middle Colonies include which 4 colonies?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
What 5 colonies are included in the Southern Colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, N. Carolina, S. Carolina, and Georgia
This was England's first lasting settlement in the Americas.
A form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen.
Monarchy
Which colony was the first to separate government from religion?
Rhode Island
A plan of government agreed upon and drawn up by the colonists
Mayflower Compact
What was a key means of transportation and trade in all three regions?
water
Why did the Pilgrims (Plymouth) come to America?
They wanted Religious freedom.
This word means to trade one good for another
Barter
Who was the governor of Plymouth?
William Bradford
Who leads the country in a monarchy and how do they come to power?
A king or queen; not chosen by people, oldest son or daughter of the king/born into it
Besides the Mayflower Compact, which government had a representative government?
Which colonial leader was granted a charter for the land that became Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
A form of government where citizens elect the leaders to make decisions is called a(n) _____________________ government.
representative
Who left Massachusetts Bay in 1638 before settling down on Long Island and believed in religious freedom was more important than rules
Anne Hutchinson
Quaker who started the colony of Pennsylvania and established good relations with the American Indians
William Penn
This Area favored what kind of crops?
cash crops: tobacco, cotton, rice, and indigo
Which region had rich soil for raising wheat, mined iron, cold winters and warm summers?
The Middle Colonies
Changing the world around us to make it more useful or comfortable for people, like building houses, making roads, or planting gardens
modifying
What are the three reasons people came to America?
landownership, freedom of religion, and self governing.
Chief Powhatan grew impressed with which leader’s bravery and allowed his settlement, Jamestown, to remain?
John Smith
In New England, whales were a resource that impacted the colonies by providing a source of oil for what 3 things?
lighting lamps, making candles, and perfumes
The Virginia Colony was founded in
1607
Changing ourselves or the way we do things to live more easily in the place we are, including wearing warm clothes in cold weather and building houses that stay cool in hot places
adapting