Economy
Rum is made of?
Sugar
All 13 colonies were owned by?
England/UK
Many explorers were looking for?
Gold and water routes to Asia.
Which region had long, warm growing season and very fertile soil which was good for growing cash crops
Southern Region
Name 3 cash crops
Tobacco, rice, cotton
What was the first permanent English settlement in Virginia?
Jamestown
All historians agree that Pocahontas saved John Smith
Not True
The main crop of the Middle Colonies
Grains/Cereal Grains
Why was slavery used in the colonies?
Colonist were raising cash crops and needed a cheap source of labor.
List the 3 colonial Regions
New England, Middle, and Southern
These people were Puritans who did not like the way the Church of England was being run and originally went to the Netherlands but then came to what came to be called Plymouth in Massachusetts?
Pilgrims
The South grew?
Cash Crops
What products were profitable in New England?
Ships, rum, fish, and whales.
Name the states in the Souther Region
Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia
Colonies were set up for what reasons
Wealth, religion, and to place criminals.
New England made
Ships, rum , and barrels
Crops sold for profit but not to eat such as tobacco are called
Cash Crops
Name the colonies in the Middle Region
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware
Slavery was most used in what region
The South
Name the colonies in the New England Region
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire