New England
This colony was started by Roger Williams. It welcomed people with different religious beliefs. Which colony is it?
Rhode Island
Name the four Middle Colonies
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Name the five Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
This region had rocky soil and cold winters, which made farming hard. Which region is it?
New England
This economic policy held that colonies existed to generate wealth for the mother country. What is it called?
Mercantilism
The Plymouth Colony wrote one of the first plans for self-government in the colonies. What was this plan called?
Mayflower Compact
This man made Pennsylvania a safe place for Quakers. Who was he?
William Penn
This was the first successful English colony, and its main crop was tobacco. What was the colony, and what was its first settlement called?
Virginia; the first settlement was Jamestown
This region had good soil, a milder climate, and wide rivers that helped trade. Which region is it
The Middle Colonies
This religious movement encouraged people to have their own personal faith and question authority. What was it called?
The Great Awakening
This religious group settled in Massachusetts and was part of the Salem Witch Trials. Who were they?
The Pilgrams/Puritans
Before it became part of the British Empire, New York was a Dutch colony under a different name. What was it called?
New Netherland
This colony was started as a safe place for Catholics. Which colony was it?
Maryland
This region had a warm climate and long growing seasons, which were great for growing cash crops. Which region is it?
The Southern Colonies
What is the name for the trade route that connected the colonies, Europe, and West Africa?
The Triangle of Trade (Triangle Trade)
In a New England town, one building served as both a church and a place for town meetings. What was this building called?
The Meeting House
People called the Middle Colonies the "breadbasket colonies." Why?
Because they grew large amounts of wheat and grain
Name the three main cash crops grown on Southern plantations.
Tobacco, rice, and indigo
What kind of forced labor did Southern plantations depend on?
Enslaved labor (slavery)
Name one Native American group the French traded furs with
The Huron, Algonquin, or Innu
Name two reasons farming was hard in New England
Rocky soil and long, cold winters
Name the two rivers that made trade easier in the Middle Colonies.
The Hudson River and the Delaware River
Georgia was started for two main reasons. What were they
To protect against Spanish Florida and to give debtors a fresh start
The French colonies mostly made money from one type of trade. What was it?
The fur trade
The Triangle Trade connected Europe, West Africa, and the colonies. Describe how it worked, and explain why it helped some people while hurting others.
Ships carried goods to Africa, enslaved people to the colonies, and raw materials/crops back to Europe. It made money for merchants, planters, and Britain, but caused terrible suffering for enslaved Africans.