Study Guide for Colonization Flashcards
What are the New England Colonies?
Massachusetts Bay
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
What are the Middle Colonies
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
What are the Southern Colonies
Virginia Georgia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina
What is the religion of the New England colonies?
Pilgrims and Puritans
What is the religion of the Middle Colonies
many religions
What is the religion of the Southern Colonies
Catholics and Protestants
What is the region (land, water, climate) of the New England Colonies?
Rivers and streams not good for navigating but they ran fast to produce power for mills
What is the region (land, water, climate) of the Middle Colonies?
Rivers
Forests
Rich farm lands
What is the region (land, water, climate) of the Southern Colonies?
Long growing season
Mild weather
Rich lands
Lots of rain
What is the economy (how did they make money?) of the New England Colonies?
Ship building
Fur trading
Fish
Whales
What is the economy (how did they make money?) of the Middle Colonies?
Wheat - by using wind mills and ship to other colonies. Iron for tools
Ship imports
What is the economy (how did they make money?) of the Southern Colonies?
Cash crops
Rice
Tobacco (first cash crop)
Inigo - used to make blue dye
Important facts of the New England Colonies:
What is a meeting house?
Important building in center of town for church and meetings
Important facts of the New England Colonies:
What happened in 1620?
Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Important facts of the New England Colonies:
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The start of democracy (making rules - everyone has equal say)
Important facts of the New England Colonies:
What happened in 1621 ?
The First Thanksgiving in Plymouth. Colonists became friends with Native Americans. Squanto interpreted and taught them how to grow food. Pilgrims invited them to a 3 day feast to show thanks
Important facts of the New England Colonies:
Who was the governor during the First Thanksgiving feast?
Governor William Bradford
Important facts of the Middle Colonies:
Who was William Penn?
A Quaker who believed they should live peacefully with Natives
Important facts of the Middle Colonies:
Who was Ben Franklin?
scientist, inventor, writer. 1st book - Poor Richard’s Almanac
Important facts of the Southern Colonies:
Who were Slaves?
worked on plantations
Important facts of the Southern Colonies:
What is the Lost Colony? What happened there?
Roanoke - Raleigh sent a group there but they returned starving. White took another group there and went back for supplies. He didn’t return for 3 years due to a war and there was no one there when he returned.
Important facts of the Southern Colonies:
What happened in Jamestown in 1607?
Virginia
Work done by Indentured servants who agreed to work to pay off voyage to America. Town was built on swampy land not good for farming or drinking water. People were starving and getting sick.
Important facts of the Southern Colonies:
Who was John Smith?
A great leader who forced people to help. He got captured but saved by Pocahontas
Important facts of the Southern Colonies:
What was the House of Burgesses?
It was used for government
