13 colonies

Question 1

New Hampshire

Answer 1

Started by dissenters from Massachusetts, was primarily focused on fishing

Question 2

Virginia

Answer 2

Make Money

Question 3

Massachusetts

Answer 3

Pilgrims and puritans moved here, to get away from persecution. They also wanted religious freedom.

Question 4

Georgia

Answer 4

Started for debtors, and poor people to make a new start

Question 5

Pennsylvania

Answer 5

Safe place for Quakers.

Question 6

New York

Answer 6

Started by the Dutch, and the British took over in a war..

Question 7

Rhode Island

Answer 7

Started by religious dissenters from Massachusetts

Question 8

Maryland

Answer 8

Safe place for Catholics to go

Question 9

South Carolina

Answer 9

To make money

Question 10

North Carolina

Answer 10

To make money

Question 11

Connecticut

Answer 11

Started by religious dissenters from Massachusetts

Question 12

Delaware

Answer 12

Started by the New Sweden company, and was later taken over by the English.

Question 13

New Jersey

Answer 13

Started by the Dutch British took it over in a war.

Question 14

What were the major religions in the colonies

Answer 14

Protestants, Catholics, and Quakers

Question 15

What was the Mason-Dixon Line/ why was it created

Answer 15

A border between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It was created to solve a dispute between the Penn and Calvert families

Question 16

What were the first examples of government in the colonies

Answer 16

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

Question 17

How did Europeans acquire the land that became the 13 colonies

Answer 17

They took it from the Native Americans

Question 18

What are 2 ways that farming changed the economy of the thirteen colonies.

Answer 18

1. Slavery became popular because workers were needed

2. The southern colonies grew large amounts of crops on plantations

Question 19

How did most accused witches die during the Salem Witch trials

Answer 19

They were hung

Question 20

What does persecution mean

Answer 20

Being attacked or “bullied” for having different beliefs.

Question 21

What was the main source of Labor in the colonies

Answer 21

Slaves

Question 22

What was the last colony to be established

Answer 22

Georgia

Question 23

What were the two main crops grown in the

Carolina’s

Answer 23

Rice, and Indigo.

Question 24

What was the name of England’s first attempt at a colony in North America

Answer 24

Roanoke

Question 25

What was the name of England’s first successful colony in North America

Answer 25

Jamestown

Question 26

What saved this first colony

Answer 26

John Rolfe and Pocahontas planting tobacco. This made Jamestown very wealthy

Question 27

What was the name of the group of people who settled Plymouth colony.

Answer 27

Pilgrims

Question 28

Why did this group of people migrate to North America

Answer 28

To set up a colony based on their religion, Religious freedom.

Question 29

Who was Nathaniel Bacon and what did he do

Answer 29

He was a colonist in Virginia. He led a rebellion against the government because they would not take land from the Native Americans.

Question 30

What is a royal colony

Answer 30

A colony under the control of a King or Queen