Colonization

Question 1

What were the main characteristics of the New England colonies?

Answer 1

Rocky soil, cold climate, harbors, fishing, lumber, and shipbuilding

Founded for religious freedom.

Question 2

Who founded Rhode Island and why?

Answer 2

Roger Williams, to escape religious persecution

He left Massachusetts.

Question 3

What was Massachusetts known for?

Answer 3

New England colony founded for religious freedom; Boston major port city

Founded by Puritans/Pilgrims.

Question 4

What were the main characteristics of the Middle colonies?

Answer 4

Rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, grain, and raised livestock

Question 5

What group was the first anti-slavery group in America?

Answer 5

Quakers

They lived in Pennsylvania.

Question 6

What characterized the Southern colonies?

Answer 6

Fertile soil, warm climate, cash crops

Founded mainly for economic reasons.

Question 7

What labor source supported plantations in the Southern colonies?

Answer 7

Transatlantic Slave Trade

Provided slave labor.

Question 8

Why was Maryland founded?

Answer 8

For Catholics seeking religious freedom

Question 9

What were the reasons for the growth of representative/self-government?

Answer 9

Distance from Britain, Pilgrim’s Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, First Great Awakening, John Locke

Question 10

What is mercantilism?

Answer 10

British controlled colonial trade

Angered colonists.