Chapter 4 lesson 2 Flashcards
The two main reasons people choose to come to the American colonies
- seek religious. freedom
2.Economic opportunity
New England colonies consist of
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Since large scale farming was hard because of rocky soil what did farmers do
Farms started being small and located near towns
most farmers lived in a town
where did colonists with religious reasons from Massachusetts move to
Rhode Island and Connecticut
What colonies make up the middle colonies in British America
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
deleware
what colony had better climate a soil for agriculture
The middle colonies
what crops turned New York city into a busy port
Cash Crops
Southern colonies consist of
maryland
virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
where are plantations common
the southern colonies
What was in colonial government
Most colonists were loyal to England
They valued their rights as English subjects
English leaders believed that the main purpose of the colonies was to prosper enough to benefit England
when were colonists unsatisfied with British rule
mid-1700s
Most colonists in New England were
Puritans
what did puritans believe in
stressed values of thrift and hard work
where was americas first written constitution developed
Connecticut
What were puritans strict with
thrift and hard work
