13 colonies Flashcards
New Hampshire
Started by dissenters from Massachusetts, was primarily focused on fishing
Virginia
Make Money
Massachusetts
Pilgrims and puritans moved here, to get away from persecution. They also wanted religious freedom.
Georgia
Started for debtors, and poor people to make a new start
Pennsylvania
Safe place for Quakers.
New York
Started by the Dutch, and the British took over in a war..
Rhode Island
Started by religious dissenters from Massachusetts
Maryland
Safe place for Catholics to go
South Carolina
To make money
North Carolina
To make money
Connecticut
Started by religious dissenters from Massachusetts
Delaware
Started by the New Sweden company, and was later taken over by the English.
New Jersey
Started by the Dutch British took it over in a war.
What were the major religions in the colonies
Protestants, Catholics, and Quakers
What was the Mason-Dixon Line/ why was it created
A border between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It was created to solve a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families
What were the first examples of government in the colonies
House of Burgesses: The first elected legislature/government in the colonies. It was in Virginia
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut: The 1st constitution in the colonies.
Mayflower Compact: A constitution created by the Pilgrims on the Mayflower
How did Europeans acquire the land that became the 13 colonies
They took it from the Native Americans
What are 2 ways that farming changed the economy of the thirteen colonies.
- Slavery became popular because workers were needed
2. The southern colonies grew large amounts of crops on plantations
How did most accused witches die during the Salem Witch trials
They were hung
What does persecution mean
Being attacked or “bullied” for having different beliefs.
What was the main source of Labor in the colonies
Slaves
What was the last colony to be established
Georgia
What were the two main crops grown in the
Carolina’s
Rice, and Indigo.
What was the name of England’s first attempt at a colony in North America
Roanoke
What was the name of England’s first successful colony in North America
Jamestown
What saved this first colony
John Rolfe and Pocahontas planting tobacco. This made Jamestown very wealthy
What was the name of the group of people who settled Plymouth colony.
Pilgrims
Why did this group of people migrate to North America
To set up a colony based on their religion, Religious freedom.
Who was Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do
He was a colonist in Virginia. He led a rebellion against the government because they would not take land from the Native Americans.
What is a royal colony
A colony under the control of a King or Queen
