New England Colonies
Why did the Puritans leave England?
They wanted religious freedom.
What was the iron ore used for in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
Blacksmiths melted the iron to shape it into tools, plows, kettles, cooking pots, axes, and nails.
What are plantations?
Plantations were huge farms that harvested crops for trade and export.
What is the definition of Surplus?
Surplus is an extra supply of something.
Why were whales hunted?
They were hunted for their blubber which was turned into oil for lamps.
Why did 200 Puritans die in the winter of 1630?
The Puritans died from illness, disease, or the harsh weather of the first terrible winter.
Why did people from all over the world want to move to the Mid-Atlantic region?
The Quakers practiced religious freedom and welcomed everyone who lived there to do the same.
What is the difference between an indentured servant and the enslaved people?
Indentured servants were people who were given free passage to the New World in exchange for working for a certain number of years while enslaved people were never given a change to earn their freedom/rights.
What is a natural resource?
Name one similarity for all the regions.
They all wanted religious freedom.
The weather in the New England region was the coldest of all the regions.
What were the 3 main principles that Quakers followed?
Honesty, simplicity, and peace
What was the weather like in the Southern region?
The weather was warm and humid.
What does import and export mean?
Import - Bring goods/services into a country from another location.
Export - To send goods/services to another location in order to sell them.
What is a cash crop?
A crop grown for money.
What was the benefit of beavers?
Beavers were loved for their warm fur.
Why were market towns built near a river or along a coastline?
It made it easier for the farmers to transport the goods from place to place.
Plantations used enslaved people and indentured servants to work in the fields and tend to the crops. The crops were then traded for items that could not be grown like dishes and clothing.
What is an apprentice?
Someone that is learning a trade by working with someone who is skilled in that field.
Why was a printer important to the colonies?
Double points - If you can name the person who opened his own printing shop in Philadelphia and printed his own newspaper called the Pennsylvania Gazette.
Benjamin Franklin
Name all of the colonies in the New England Region
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
Name all of the colonies in the Mid-Atlantic Region
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Name all of the colonies in the Southern Region.
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What is a colony?
A territory settled by people form another country and controlled by that country.
Why were barrel-makers (Coopers) important?
Barrels were used to store everything like meats, grains, flour, etc.