GEOGRAPHY & REGIONS
An area that shares physical or human characteristics.
What is a region?
The Puritans came to New England mainly for this reason.
What is religious freedom?
This word describes colonies with people from many backgrounds and religions. (Such as the populations in New York and New Jersey)
What is diverse?
This colony became a royal colony after King James I took control.
What is Virginia?
This word means someone who owns land or property.
What is a proprietor?
How many colonies are there?
Bonus points if you can name them all!
What is 13 colonies?
New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
This building was the center of town meetings and government decisions.
What is the meetinghouse?
This colony was founded by William Penn and offered religious freedom.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colony was founded as a safe place for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
This group of representatives continued to govern Virginia even after it became a royal colony.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This region had thin, rocky soil and long, cold winters. Summers were also short.
What is the New England Colonies?
In New England, the land looked “empty” to settlers because Native Americans did not do this.
What is they did not use fences to separate land or use land in the same way the English did. This caused conflict.
William Penn belonged to this religious group.
Who is the Quakers?
Rice and tobacco were examples of these types of crops grown in the South.
What is cash crops?
This Puritan leader was banished and founded Providence for religious freedom.
Who is Roger Williams?
This region had rich and deep soil, a longer growing season which was good for growing wheat and more sun and rain.
What is the Middle Colonies?
What punishment did Puritan leaders give to colonists who strongly disagreed with their beliefs?
What is they were punished, put on trial, or banished?
New York and New Jersey were called this type of colony because individuals owned them.
What is proprietary colonies?
Enslaved Africans were mainly put on large farms called this.
What is plantations?
This woman was banished for challenging Puritan beliefs and moved to Rhode Island.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This region had warm weather year-round (long growing season) and was best for farming and large plantations.
What is the Southern Colonies?
What economic activities were supported by New England’s coastal geography?
What is fishing, shipping, trading, hunting whales and building ships?
The Dutch colony of New Netherland was taken over and renamed this.
What is New York?
This colony was founded as a place for English people who had been sent to jail for debt.
What is Georgia?
Who left Massachusetts because he believed all men should be allowed to vote, not just property owners or church members? He also founded the colony of Connecticut for more political freedom.
Who is Thomas Hooker?