Chapter 2 Section 2

Question 0

Name the 4 middle colonies:

Answer 0

1. New York (proprietary colony)
2. New Jersey (became a royal colony)
3. Pennsylvania (William Penn and the Quakers). {the Quakers were tolerant of other religious groups}
4. Delaware

Question 1

Name the 4 New England colonies;

Answer 1

1. Connecticut
2. Massachusetts - (puritans; were not tolerant of other religious groups)
3. Rhode Island
4. New Hampshire

Question 2

Name the 5 southern colonies:

Answer 2

1. Virginia
2. Maryland
3. South Carolina
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia (poor/debtors) {Military barrier}

Question 3

List 3 reasons why people came to the colonies:

Answer 3

1. Religious freedom
2. Opportunity for riches
3. Political oppression

Question 4

What happened in Salem, Massachusetts in the late 1600’s?

Answer 4

Salem Witch Trials

Question 5

Describe the agreement between colonists and indentured servants

Answer 5

The colonists would pay their way into America and the indentured servants would work a certain number of years to pay it back

Question 6

Explain Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 6

The virginia government passed a law that colonists were not allowed to take western land; some colonists rebelled that it was their right to take the land

Question 7

List three important crops grown on southern plantations

Answer 7

1. Rice
2. Tobacco
3. Indigo

Question 8

List the three parts of the triangular trade:

Answer 8

1. Europe
2. Africa
3. West Indies/America

Question 9

What was the middle passage?

Answer 9

Horrible journey for the slaves from Africa to the West Indies (America)