13 colonies

Question 1

Which states were part of the New England colonies?

Answer 1

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

Question 2

Name three natural resources in the New England Colonies.

Answer 2

Forests, fish and whales

Question 3

Why did the Puritans come to settle in New England colonies?

Answer 3

They were looking for religious freedom and wanted to follow a religion that was more “goldly.”

Question 4

Why was farming difficult in the New England Colonies?

Answer 4

The soil was a thick, rocky layer of dirt and the growing season was very short.

Question 5

Name a job you might have if you lived in the New England Colonies.

Answer 5

Fisherman, whaler, or shipbuilder

Question 6

What religion settled in the middle colonies?

Answer 6

Quakers

Question 7

Explain the geography of the middle colonies.

Answer 7

The soil was rich, and fertile which made farming easy

Question 8

Name all the Middle colonies.

Answer 8

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware

Question 9

Why were the Middle Colonies called the “Breadbasket” Colonies?

Answer 9

The Middle Colonies had many mills that made grain, which was used to make bread and baked goods.

Question 10

In the Southern Colonies, climate and soil were perfect for ______________.

Answer 10

farming

Question 11

Name all of the southern colonies

Answer 11

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia

Question 12

Name the three industries in the Southern Colonies.

Answer 12

Hunting, farming, plantations/farming

Question 13

Name the three most important crops that were grown on plantations.

Answer 13

Tobacco, indigo, and rice

Question 14

What is the difference between slaves and indentured servants?

Answer 14

Slaves can never be freed.
Indentured servants wanted passage into the colonies, so they worked on plantations in return for free passage into the colonies. Indentured servants are free.

Question 15

What was a proprietor?

Answer 15

A person who owned and controlled all of the land in a colony

Question 16

What is a plantation?

Answer 16

A large farm on which crops are raised by workers who live on the farm.

Question 17

What is an artisan? Give an example of an item an artisan may make?

Answer 17

Someone who makes goods with their hands. For example, a blacksmith or brickmaker.

Question 18

There are _____ original colonies

Answer 18

13

Question 19

Which colony was settled first?

Answer 19

Virginia (Jamestown)

Question 20

What are the differences between the lives of women now and in the colonial period?

Answer 20

Education Jobs Voting
Colonial women were not able to go to school and have an education. They were given specific jobs such as taking care of the household and children. Colonial women were not given the right to vote.

Women now have the same opportunities for an education as anyone else. They are able to work at any job they are trained and hired for. Women now have the right to vote.

Question 21

Name two similarities and two differences between the Middle and Southern Colonies

Answer 21

Similarities:
They both were able to grow crops and have farms.
They had fertile soil which made growing crops easy.
They had hot summers.
They traded their goods with other colonies.

Differences:
They grew different types of crops. The middle colonies grew wheat, corn, barley, pumpkin, and potato. The Southern grew tobacco, indigo, and cotton.
In the middle colonies most people were farmers and worked their own farms. In the Southern colonies they were plantation owners who had indentured servants and slaves work the fields.
In the Middle colonies they lived in wood and mud houses. In the Southern they lived in large mansions on their plantations.
In the middle colonies’ children attended a one room school house. In the southern colonies children were tutored at home.

Question 22

Explain the difference between export and import?

Answer 22

Export means to send goods made within your colony to a different colony. Import means to bring goods into your colony from other colonies.

Question 23

How would your life be different if you were a child in the colonial times?

Answer 23

Think about their lives, school, and jobs they had to do.