New England Colonies
What religious group primarily settled in the New England colonies?
Puritans
What religious group settled in the Middle Colonies?
Quakers
What religious group settled in Maryland?
Catholics
What was a cause for the economic differences in the colonial regions?
Geography
What were the three religious groups across the colonies?
Puritans (NE), Quakers (Middle), Catholics (Southern)
What was the geography in the New England colonial regions?
Cold, rocky soil, long winters
What was the geography of the Middle Colonies?
Moderate winters, moderately fertile soil
What was one reason for slavery in the South?
Development of plantations
Cash Crops
Large Scale Agriculture
Groups like the House of Burgesses established...
Representative government for our country today
What was the geography like in the Middle colonies?
Moderate weather and moderately fertile soil
Who established Pennsylvania?
William Penn
In the House of Burgesses, members were...
When slavery spread into the Southern colonies, it created _________ system.
The plantation system
What important figure helped lead to religious tolerance in Rhode Island?
Why were Quakers persecuted in England?
They believed in nonviolence, tolerance and equality for all
What was an economic cause for colonization in the US?
Mercantilism
The House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and Mayflower Compact are all...
What was the religious purpose for British colonization into the New world? What was the economic purpose?
Religious freedom
Mercantilism
What was one of the political documents established in the New England colonies?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Mayflower Compact
What were the primary industries in the Middle Colonies?
Wheat, Oats, Shipbuilding, Manufacturing
What are two examples of cash crops?
Indigo
Rice
Tobacco
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was...
A written constitution
Which colony had strict laws and beliefs?
New England colonies