13 Colonies
13 Colonies - Regions
On the way to becoming slaves
African Influence
Random
100
The 13 Colonies were divided into this number of regions.
What is 3?
100
This region grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo.
What is the Southern Colonies?
100
This group of people were the first group of people the English used as slaves when they came to the New World.
What are Native Americans?
100
Africans brought their knowledge of this to the 13 Colonies. Without this knowledge, plantations would not have been successful.
What is the knowledge of raising livestock (herding) and farming techniques (growing crops)?
100
All of the following where African customs that influenced the Southern Colonies in one way or another during colonial times except which one? food religion clothing books
What are books?
200
The 13 Colonies were separated into these 3 regions.
What is New England, Middle and Southern?
200
This region made a profit from the timber they used to build ships, fish, and whale oil.
What is New England?
200
This is the route ships traveled between Africa, the 13 Colonies, the West Indies and/or England to transport goods such as rum, slaves, and iron tools.
What is the Triangular Trade Route?
200
Because slaves often prepared meals for not only themselves, but also their slave owners, slaves positively influenced this essential life style by improving colonists health.
What is cooking styles? (eating/diets)
200
All of the following were cash crops grown in the 13 Colonies and exported to Britain (England) except which one? corn wheat cotton tobacco
What is corn?
300
The 13 Colonies were "owned" by this country.
What is England? (Britain/Great Britain)
300
This region was the only region to have plantations.
What is the South? (Southern Colonies)
300
This is probably the most commonly known part of the Triangular Trade Route.
What is Middle Passage?
300
This was a custom that Africans brought with them, but it was banned in some Southern Colonies because slave owners thought that the slaves were sending secret messages to each other.
What is making music? (instruments)
300
Name one common experience slaves would have endured during the Middle Passage?
What is sickness? (little food, water, exercise) (being chained together) (death) others may apply too -teacher will determine
400
This was the main reason for creating Jamestown.
What is economic? (wealthy/profit)...searching for gold and other riches
400
Most of the slaves in this region had an opportunity to puchase their freedom.
What is New England Colonies OR Middle Colonies?
400
This is an advantage that Native Americans had that made them successful in their attempts to resist slavery and escape.
What is the knowing the land and resources. (attacks by entire tribes)
400
This item that African slaves made helped them store food, tools, etc. If you have ever visited Charleston you may have seen a person making this by hand on the street.
What is a sea grass basket?
400
Name one way African slaves resisted slavery.
What is worked slowly, broke tools, faking illness, injuring self, revolting?
500
This is the main reason for settling Plymouth in New England?
What is religion? (religious freedom)
500
All regions had these where people lived and worked. Slaves mostly worked in inns, as cooks or artisians. Shipping ports were very important to their success.
What are cities?
500
This group of "slaves" came from England. They agreed to work for a colonist in return for their paid voyage across the Atlantic Ocean.
What are indentured servants?
500
This language was developed because Africans spoke many different tribal languages and spoke no English when they arrived in the colonies. It developed off the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia. It is a mixture of many spoken languages combined with newly created words.
What is Gullah.
500
This region of the 13 Colonies was based on religion. A person had to follow the religious rules and laws or they were exiled from the area.
What is New England Colonies?