History Task 17 S.G. Flashcards
2List the Middle Colonies. What are the Middle Colonies known for?❤️
- Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
* Middle Colonies were known as the “breadbasket” of the thirteen colonies.
List the Southern Colonies. What 3 things define the Southern Colonies.
3❤️
- Georgia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Virginia
* Plantations, cash crops, and slaves defined these colonies
List the New England colonies. What 2 Things define the New England colonies?
1❤️
- Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
* defined by small farms, merchants, fishing, shipbuilding, and religion
Why were Africans brought to the Americas as slaves?
4❤️
There was a shortage of labor in the colonies and African’s were brought to harvest the cash crops, after the failure of indentured servants
What happened to the first English colony of Roanoke?
5❤️
- No one knows for sure. The people disappeared
* Disease and famine
What caused the feared decline of Jamestown’s population during 1609 and 1610?
6❤️
Some 400 more settlers arrived in Jamestown. That winter, disease and famine once again hit the colony
During the 1600s why did many English Catholics come to the colonies?
7❤️
They came for religious freedom because the Church of England was Anglican
Why did Virginian farmers decide to use slave labor?
8❤️
There was more work than the supply of labor. The cost of slaves fell leading to the increased demand for slaves
Name the reasons colonists wanted to come to North America?9❤️
Religious Freedom
Economic Gain
Wealth
Adventure
What was the Mayflower compact and what effect did it have on early self government in north America?
10❤️ who made it?
- A legal contract in which they agreed to have Fair laws to protect the general good
- The compact represents one of the first attempt at self government in English colonies
- pilgrims
Who was Anne Hutchinson what were her believes & what were the results of her actions
11❤️
- she was an outspoken woman Who angered the Puritan church leaders
- she believed that people’s relationship with God did not need guidance from ministers
- she was later put on trial for her ideas. The court decided to force her out of the colony & with a group of followers Hutchinson found the new colony of Portsmouth
What were the beliefs of the new England Colonists toward the education?
12❤️
Education was important in colonial New England. It was strongly believed. Children needed to be able to read the bible
What disadvantage did new England farmers have?
13❤️
The land was rocky w/poor soil and shirt growing season
What occupations did New Englanders mostly have?
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Merchants, fishers, shipbuilders, skilled craftsmen
What was the largest part of the workforce in the middle colonies?
15❤️
Indentured servants
House of Burgesses? Town meetings?
16❤️
Virginia’s representative government. The house was elected by the colonist. Town meetings were held in New England to decide issues of local interest
Describe the geographic and economic differences between the new England and southern colonies
17❤️
The southern colonies had large plantations that grew cash crop, while New England built ships and fished. The economic differences are caused by the geographic location of the colonies.
(The Southern colonies had rich flat land and a long growing season, while New England had and abundance of forest and bodies of water)
Cash crops as Main source of production
Southern colonies
Colonies places religion and education as hug priority
New England colonies
John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, and Roger Williams belong to these colonies
New England
Lord Baltimore, John Smith, and James Oglethorpe belong to these colonies
Southern Colonies
Shipbuilding, fishing, small farms, merchants main source of industry in these colonies
New England
What type of ppl came to southern colonies
Young single men for gold and goods
What type of ppl came to the New England colonies?
Families for religious and education
