All About The Colonies

Question 1

States in the Southern Colonies

Answer 1

Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia

Question 2

What was the main cash crop for the southern colonies?

Answer 2

Tobacco

Question 3

What did southern agriculture depend on

Answer 3

Slavery

Question 4

What is entail?

Answer 4

Land can never be broken up by inheritance

Question 5

What is primogeniture?

Answer 5

Only the oldest son could inherit a land grant

Question 6

What states were in the New England colonies?

Answer 6

Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island

Question 7

What group of people was persecuted in England because they had different religious beliefs?

Answer 7

Puritans

Question 8

Who were the pilgrims?

Answer 8

Mayflower
Persecuted in England because they were worshiping the way they wanted
Established Plymouth rock, survived with the help of the Indians

Question 9

What states are in the middle colonies?

Answer 9

Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey

Question 10

Describe the middle colonies

Answer 10

They were known as the “bread colonies”because of the surplus food they produced