Name that region!
Which colonial region had the largest population of enslaved Africans?
The Southern Colonies
What geographical features caused the New England Colonies not to be suitable for farming
Hills, many trees, and not fertile soil
What are the two terms for reasons that you might want to leave somewhere or go somewhere
Push and Pull Factors
What was the name of the 1st permanent settlement in the So-Called New World?
Jamestown
Which colonial region had many diverse languages and had several different religions practiced there?
The Middle Colonies
What were the two most profitable cash crops?
Cotton and tobacco
Items grown/harvested for the sole purpose of selling
Cash Crops
What was the reason many people gave to justify slavery?
They said/believed that Africans were inferior to white people
Which colonial region did not have good land for farming
The New England Colonies
How did the New England Colonies make money from the ocean, and what industries were most important there?
Ship building, fishing, and trading via ports
Groups that people belonged to that determined their roles, status, and opportunities. People are born into these groups and it is very hard to move up groups.
Social Class
What did the colonies trade to West Africans? AKA what did we trade them to get enslaved Africans?
Good, Weapons, Alcohol
Which colonial region was the most strict with their religion?
New England Colonies
How was life different for European women when they left Europe and moved to the colonies?
They did more manual labor and worked outside (farming/agriculture) than they would have done back in Europe
What did they call the large farms/houses in the South?
Plantations
What 3 countries/continents/points were involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade/Triangle Trade
The Americas (So Called New World)
Europe
West Africa
Most Free African lived in this colonial region
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies become known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies, which crops helped them earn this name?
Wheat and Corn
Provide the definition of indentured servants
People that did not have enough money to travel/move to the Colonies agreed to work (usually for several years) in exchange for passage across the Atlantic and then to earn their freedom.
What was one of the main reasons that the colonists did not use Indigenous Americans as enslaved workers?
Many had died off due to disease