13 colonies flashcards
What date was South Carolina founded?
1663
What type of Gov did South Carolina have?
Royal
What major industries did South Carolina have?
Plantation
agriculture
Major towns in South Carolina?
Charleston
Who founded South Carolina?
8 Noblemen
What date was Georgia founded?
1732
What type of Gov did Georgia have?
Royal
What were some Major industries in Georgia?
Agriculture
What were some major towns in Georgia?
Savannah
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What date was Virginia founded?
1607
What type of Gov did Virginia have?
Royal
What major industries did Virginia have?
Plantation
agriculture
Major towns in Virginia?
Jamestown
Williamsburg
Richmond
Who founded Virginia?
John Smith
What date was Maryland founded?
1633
What type of Gov did Maryland have?
Proprietary
What major industries did Maryland have?
Manufacturing
Plantation
Agriculture
Major towns in Maryland?
Annapolis
Baltimore
Who founded Maryland?
George Cecil Calvert
What date was North Carolina founded?
1655
What type of Gov did North Carolina have?
Royal
What major industries did North Carolina have?
Plantation
agriculture
Major towns in North Carolina?
Raleigh
Who founded North Carolina
Nathaniel Batts
Sir John Yeamons
Major Religions in Southern colonies?
Baptist & anglicans
When was New Netherlands (New York) founded
1626
What was the type of government did New York have?
Royal
What was the Major industries in New York?
Manufacturing
Agriculture
What where the Major towns in New York?
New York City and Albany
Who founded New York?
Peter Minuite
When was New Jersey founded?
1664
What type of Government did New Jersey have?
Royal
What where the Major Industries in New Jersey?
Manufacting
What where the Major towns in New Jersey?
Trenton and Priceton
Who founded New Jersey
English Colonists
When was Pennsylvania founded?
1682
What type of government did Pennsylvania have?
Proprietary
What was the major industries in Pennsylvanian?
Agriculture
What where there major towns in Pennsylvania?
Philadelphia
Who founded Pennsylvania?
Willaim Penn
What type of government did Delaware have?
Proprietary
When was Delaware founded
1638
What was the major industries in Delaware?
Agriculture
What where there major towns in Delaware?
Wilmington
Who founded Delaware?
Peter Minuite
Major Religions for middle colonies
Quakers
Catholics
Lutherans
Jewish
Date Massachusetts was founded?
1630
Type of Government for Massachusetts?
Charter
Major Industries of Massachusetts?
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Boston Quincy Plymouth Salem Lexington Concord
Date founded for Rhode Island?
1636
Government for Rhode Island?
Charter
Major industries for Rhode Island?
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Major towns of Rhode Island?
Providence
Portymouth
New Port
Rhode Island was founded by?
Roger Williams
Massachusetts was founded by?
John Winthrop
Connecticut was founded in?
1636
Government type of Connecticut?
Charter
Major industries of Connecticut?
Agriculture
Major towns of Connecticut?
Hartfard
Weather fad
New Haven
Windsor
Connecticut was founded by?
Tomas Hooker
New Hampshire was founded in?
1638
New Hampshire had a _____ Government
Royal
Major Industries of New Hampshire?
Agriculture
Major towns of New Hampshire?
Concord
New Hampshire was founded by?
John Wheelwright
Major Religions for New England colonies
Puritans
What was the first New England colony?
Plymouth
What were the two main jobs in the New England region?
Fishing & shipbuilding
What became the basis for Plymouth’s government?
Mayflower Compact
A big reason for the colonists to settle in New England?
Religious freedom
What was the climate like in the New England Colonies in the WINTER?
Long and cold
Products leaving a country are called an ___________.
export
What was the major religion practiced in the New England Colonies?
Puritans
Why was it hard to grow crops in this region?
There was rocky soil
Three of the Four Colonies had what type of government?
Charter
Who was the founder of the Massachusetts colony?
John Winthrop
Middle colonies: The Quakers were lead by…
William Penn
Who and when was New York (New Netherlands) founded by..
The Dutch 1626
In what year did the English take over New Netherlands and name it New York?
1664
Who was put in charge of New Jersey
Sir George Carteret, Lord John Berkeley
What was important about New Jersey?
Trading Post (Furs)
What is an indentured servant?
a person who agrees to work for someone for a certain amount of time to earn freedom
The Middle Colonies consisted of which colonies?
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania
Which 2 colonies had a ROYAL government?
New York and New Jersey
The staple crops of the middle colonies were…
wheat, corn, barley, and oats
Who founded both New York and Delaware?
Peter Minuit
When was Maryland founded?
1633
South Carolina was founded by who?
8 English nobles
Why was Georgia founded?
A buffer from Spanish Florida/a place for debors to go
Lord Baltimore set up this colony…
Maryland
In 1607 this colony was founded to attract Dutch and Swedish settlers
Virginia(Jamestown)
Which colonies were considered Royal Colonies?(SOUTHERN COLONIES)
Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia
Which colony was established for religious freedom in the southern colonies?
Maryland
What is the correct order of when the southern colonies were founded?
1607, 1633, 1663, 1732
Who helped Virginia be established and run?
Joint Stock Company, Virginia Company, Captain John Smith, John Rolfe
Williamsburg and Richmond were major towns in what colony?
Virginia
What’s the correct order of when middle colonies were founded
1626, 1638, 1664, 1682
What’s the correct order of all the colonies when founded?
1626, 1638, 1664, 1682
