13 colonies
What are the colonies that are in the middle colonies?
New jersy
Pennsylvania
New York
Delaware
Who was the New Englands formed by?
Puritans
What was southern colonies made up of ?
It was made up of mostly coastal plains and piedmont areas.
What happend in 1613?
The Dutch founded New Netherland in 1613 as a trading post for exchanging furs with the Iroquois.
Which one was the most successful in the middle colonies?
Pennsylvania
What are the colonies in the southern colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
What was New Englands soil like
Rocky soil.
Was the soil in the southern colonies good for farming ?
The soil was good for farming
What were activities that the middle colonies did?
Logging, shipbuilding, textiles production, and papermaking.
Why was Pennsylvania created?
Pennsylvania was created to pay a deb.
What colonies were in the New England colonies?
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
What were prducts that they used for New England
iron, wheat, livestock, whale oil, fish, and rum
How did the southern colonies make money?
They made money from crops and trade items through the use of slavery.
What did the middles colonies grow?
Wheat, corn (maize), and other grains, rye, and barley.
When was Jamestown founded in?
What colony is the newest?
Who named New England?
John Smith
What did the southern colonies grow?
Tobacco, indigo, and rice.
What was traded in the middle colonies?
fur trade as well as the sale of lumber products, grain products, and livestock.
What were the colonies known for?
Business ventures.
What is the oldest Colony?
Is New England the largest or smallest city in Boston?
Who found southern colonies??
The British Empire.
How did the middle colonies make money?
farming, milling, lumbering, shipbuilding, and production.
What do most colonies believe in?
Puritans, Quakers and other Protestants.