Founding
This is the reason most colonies were founded.
Religious Freedom
Economy is a fancy word for this.
The way people and places exchange money. Jobs and Industries are part of the economy too!
Geography has to do with
Land, Rivers, and weather
This man was in charge of all the colonies.
The King of England (King George II)
This is the term for a plant that is grown in order to sell and make money.
Cash Crop
We wouldn't have founded any colonies without this Mother Country.
England (Britain)
Places with good soil had this as a job.
Farming
Rocky
These people were the first to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Pilgrims
This plant was used to dye clothing blue.
Indigo
If you founded Massachusetts you were most likely practicing this religion.
Puritan Religion
Colonies with large rivers had great job opportunities in this because they could travel.
Trading
Long, hot, humid summers were common in this region.
The southern colonies
Before the English settled in New York, people from this country lived there.
Holland (The Dutch)
Assembly
This colony was founded because the Hudson and Mohawk rivers made it great for trading.
New York
The job that involved digging up iron or copper is called this.
The Chesapeake Bay is found in this colony that we studied.
Maryland
Cecilius Calvert was also known by this name, which today is a popular city.
Lord Baltimore
Large farms that were found in the southern colonies are called this.
Plantations
This man founded Rhode Island when Massachusetts kicked him out because he disagreed with Puritan rules.
Roger Williams
The strongest economy in the Southern Colonies was this.
Farming
These two large rivers were found in New York.
The Hudson and Mohawk Rivers.
This woman was kicked out of Massachusetts for speaking out against Puritan practices.
Anne Hutchinson
This is the title of a person in charge of the law making in a colony. Sometimes they were elected, and other times the King would pick them.
Governor