Southern Colonies
Warm and humid
What was the climate of the Middle colonies like?
Mild or temperate
What was the climate of the New England Colonies like?
cold and harsh
A safe area, an area of refuge
Haven
This person helped establish peace between the natives and the Jamestown settlers with John Smith
Pocahontas
Were the Southern colonies founded for religious or economic reasons?
economic
True or false: These colonies were the most diverse religiously and socially.
True
What were the religious expectations in the New England colonies?
Puritans and expected to go to church or be banished
Categorizing people based on physical characteristics, like skin color
Race
This person created the motto "if you don't work you don't eat" to help the colonists in Jamestown survive
John Smith
The economy of the Southern colonies was based on what?
Agriculture and cash crops
The economy of the Middle colonies was based on what?
Farming and trade
The economy of the New England colonies was based on what?
Ship building, trade, fishing, triangular trade
One part of the trade route between Europe, Africa, and the New World where slaves were taken from Africa to the New World
This English person was an Enlightenment philosopher who heavily influenced Jefferson and other founding fathers with is ideas
John Locke
Describe the education of people in the Southern colonies.
No education. If parents desired their children to be educated they sent them to Europe or hired tutors.
Describe the education of people in the Middle colonies.
Wealthy families and churches had private and dame schools to those could afford it.
Describe the education of people in the New England colonies.
Public education so people could "understand the principles of education" in religion. Created higher education like Yale and Harvard.
Institutionalized, inherited and permanent ownership of another person
Chattel Slavery
This person gave the “City on a Hill” sermon to inspire Puritans before settling Massachusetts colony
John Winthrop
Why was Maryland founded?
To be a haven for Catholics
Who founded Pennsylvania and why?
William Penn, Quakers, to be a place for religious tolerance, a "holy experiment"
Who established Rhode Island and why?
Rodger Williams, wanted a place of total religious freedom, people were banished there for speaking out.
An economic system used by a mother country to pull resources from a smaller region for its own benefit
Mercantilism
This person was banished from Massachusetts for questioning religious teachings and authority.They started the colony of Rhode Island where they promoted religious tolerance.
Rodger Williams