13 Colonies Flashcards
My New Red Car
English Colonies
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Connecticut
NYPD
Middle Colonies
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
5 Southern Ladies
Southern Colonies
Maryland Virginia S. Carolina N. Carolina Georgia
Long cold winters
Rocky,Hilly
Lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, small farms,trade
Puritans and Pilgrims
New England Colonies
Warm summers, cold winters
Rich coastal soil, valley, wooded mountains
Lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing, family farms, trades men
Mostly Quakers
Middle Colonies
Humid, long hot summers
Very fertile land
Plantations, cash crops
Catholics, debtors, slaves
Southern Colonies
Why do Southern Colonies have slaves?
To farm their many cash crops.
What were Europeans explores looking for?
Riches, faster trade route, land for country, to spread religion, adventure
What does God Gold and Glory mean?
Spread religion
Wanted riches
To claim land