Southern Colonies
Why did crops grow well in the Southern colonies?
They had a warm climate and a long growing season
The New England economy was based on....
Lumber, fishing, commerce, some fur trading
What 2 things were included in many of the Middle colonies' constitutions?
religious freedom and no taxation without representation
Who were the natives that lived in Virginia before English contact?
The Powhatan
Fill in the blank: Lord Baltimore was granted possession of __________
Name 2 diseases that spread in the Southern colonies
Malaria and Yellow fever
What document established Plymouth Colony's form of government?
Mayflower Compact
Quakers settled in which Middle Colony?
Pennsylvania
According to the story, who did Pocahontas save from being beaten to death?
John Smith
What was the most common type of pelt traded in the English and French Colonies?
Beaver Pelts
Name 2 cash crops that were grown in the southern colonies
Tobacco, indigo, sugar cane, or cotton
The Pilgrims decided they would govern themselves based on __________ rule.
majority
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Women outnumbered men in the Southern colonies...True or False?
True
John Smith was the governor of which colony?
Jamestown
How did enslaved peoples resist their oppression?
Answers vary
Name all of the New England colonies.
New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Name all the Middle Colonies.
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Colonial women were excluded from _____________.
Voting and politics
When did North and South Carolina split into two seperate colonies?
1712
What year did the slave trade to the English Colonies begin?
1619
Who is John Winthrop?
Founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Dutch
Own and sell property
James Oglethorpe created these unpopular laws for the colony of Georgia
No alcohol and no slavery