New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
What are the New England colonies?
100
Appalachian Mountains, Boston Harbor, hilly terrain and jagged coastline
What is the geography of the New England colonies?
100
Humid climate with mild winters and hot summers.
What is the climate of the Southern colonies?
100
These colonies specialized in providing grain (huge amounts), livestock and fish
What are the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
100
An economic venture that started in North Carolina and failed.
What was Roanoke (or The Lost Colony)?
200
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania
What are the names of the Middle Atlantic colonies?
200
Appalachian Mountains, coastal lowlands, harbors and bays
What is the geography of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
200
Natural resources here included timber, fish and deep harbors. Skilled craftsmen, shipbuilders and shopkeepers
What are resources in the New England colonies?
200
These colonies specialized in providing tobacco, indigo, cotton and wood products
What are the Southern colonies?
200
First permanent English settlement in North America founded as an economic venture by the Virginia Company.
What was Jamestown?
300
Maryland (many say), Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
What are the names of the Southern colonies?
300
Appalachian Mountains, Piedmont, Atlantic Coastal Plain, harbors and rivers.
What is the geography of the Southern colonies?
300
Resources included rich farmland and rivers, skilled and unskilled workers and fishermen.
What are the resources of the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
300
These colonies depended on New England for manufactured goods including tools, furniture and equipment (as well as England)
What were the Southern colonies?
300
One was settled by "Pilgrims" in 1620. The other was settled by separatists ten years later. Both wanted to avoid religious persecution. Both settled in New England.
What were Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay?
400
Cactus Hill
What is the name of the archaeological site on the Nottoway River in Southeastern Virginia?
400
moderate summers and cold winters
What is climate of the New England colonies?
400
Resources included fertile land, rivers and harbors, farmers and enslaved African-Americans.
What were the resources of the Southern colonies?
400
These colonies traded with the other two regions to get products they needed such as tools and raw materials for furniture and clothing.
What were the Mid-Atlantic colonies?
400
This colony was started by Quakers who wanted the freedom to practice their faith.
What is Pennsylvania?
500
The sextant, the compass and better construction
What are reasons explorers could venture further from the coasts of Europe and Africa?
500
Mild winters (usually) and moderate climate; wide and deep rivers to ship many crops.
What is the climate of the Mid-Atlantic states?
500
These colonies specialized in fishing, shipbuilding and providing naval stores, or supplies.
What are the New England colonies?
500
These colonies depended on the Mid-Atlantic and the Southern colonies for raw materials they could use to make finished products (see, an easy one!)
What were the New England colonies?
500
This colony was settled by debtors who hoped to gain economic freedom from their debts in England. Started by James Oglethorpe.