People/Groups
This group came over because they wanted to purify the Church of England
Puritans
What are the three G's?
God, Glory, Gold
This is the name of the first colony established in 1607.
Jamestown
What was the soil like in the New England Colonies?
Rocky, unsuitable for farming
Because of their distance from Great Britain, people in the colonies saw a need for what?
Self - Government or Representative government
This was the name of a Christian group of pacifists in the middle colonies who also became the first anti-slavery colony.
Quakers
What were the three main countries that explored and colonized the Americas?
England (Great Britain), France, and Spain
This colony was established by the Pilgrims in 1620.
Plymouth
Which region primarily had an agrarian economy based on cultivation of crops and had many large farms?
Southern
What was the first form of Representative government and first assembly in the colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
This group of people fled England to escape religious persecution and founded the colony of Maryland.
Catholics
What did the English establish in the Americas?
13 colonies
William Penn was the leader of the Quakers and the founder of this middle colony.
Pennsylvania
What was the economy of the New England colonies based around?
Fishing or shipbuilding
What document was signed by the Pilgrims that stated how they would be self-governed in their colony?
Mayflower Compact
What was the main purpose of the French coming over to explore and colonize in the Americas?
Fur trapping and trading
*What did the Spanish primarily establish as they explored and colonized in the Americas?
Catholic Missions (churches meant to convert natives to Catholicism)
This colony was founded primarily for debtors and criminals.
Georgia
What were the three major crops grown in the South during this era?
Tobacco, Rice, Indigo
Who is the writer of the first Constitution in the colonies? (He may have been a preacher, but his name was...)
Thomas Hooker
This person was an advocate for religious freedom who founded the colony of Rhode Island after being expelled from Massachusetts.
Roger Williams
This is the region where the French primarily explored in the Americas
Ohio River Valley or Great Lakes
Name the four New England colonies.
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
These geographic features are why the most densely populated areas were found ear the coast
Natural Harbors to provide calm waters for the ships
What was the first official constitution in the colonies?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut