New England Colonies
The Pilgrims established this colony in 1620.
What is Plymouth?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania?
This colony was the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The Pilgrims left England mainly to gain this.
What is religious freedom?
Before coming ashore, the Pilgrims signed this agreement to create a government based on majority rule. Hint: It includes the same name of a famous ship.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The agreement the Pilgrims signed to govern themselves was called the __________ Compact.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The Middle Colonies were nicknamed the “__________ Colonies” because of their grain production.
What are the Breadbasket Colonies?
The economy of the Southern Colonies relied heavily on these large farms.
What are plantations?
This group of people believed the Church of England was unsalvageable and wishes to separate.
What are separatists?
The first harsh winter in Plymouth killed many settlers because of this problem.
What is lack of food and shelter (starvation and disease)?
This group wanted to “purify” the Church of England and settled in Massachusetts.
Who are the Puritans?
New York was originally settled by the Dutch and called this.
What is New Amsterdam?
This crop was known as “green gold” and became a major export from Virginia. Hint: It's in cigarettes.
What is tobacco?
This group wanted to purify the Church of England but not separate from it.
Who are the Puritans?
The Wampanoag tribe helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them to grow this crop. Hint: You can eat it on the cob.
What is corn (maize)?
Roger Williams founded this colony after being banished from Massachusetts.
What is Rhode Island?
The Middle Colonies were known for this type of diversity.
What is religious and cultural diversity?
Georgia was founded as a safe place for these people. Hint: People who owed money.
Who are debtors?
Anne Hutchinson was banished from Massachusetts because she challenged these leaders.
Who are the Puritan ministers (or leaders)?
The Pilgrims lived on this ship for months before settling in Plymouth.
What is the Mayflower?
This 1692 event in Massachusetts showed the dangers of religious extremism and fear.
What are the Salem Witch Trials?
This port city in Pennsylvania became one of the largest cities in colonial America. This is also where the First Continental Congress was held.
What is Philadelphia?
Enslaved Africans were brought to the Southern Colonies as part of this trade system. Hint: Includes a shape.
What is the Triangular Trade?
The Salem Witch Trials revealed the dangers of combining these two things in government.
What are religion and government?
These meetings in New England towns were an early form of democratic self-government.
What are town meetings?