The Thirteen Colonies

Question 1

Representative government established in Jamestown in 1619

Answer 1

House of Burgesses

Question 2

A person who agreed to work without pay for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies

Answer 2

Indentured Servent

Question 3

Large self-sufficient farm used for growing cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, or rice

Answer 3

Plantation

Question 4

Person held as someone else’s property; forced to work for no pay

Answer 4

Slave

Question 5

Willingness to allow others to believe as they wish

Answer 5

Toleration

Question 6

A trade route named because the three “legs” of the trip formed a triangle between the America’s, Africa, and Europe

Answer 6

Triangular trade

Question 7

Nickname given by the Middle region of colonies because of their large grain production

Answer 7

Colonial Breadbasket

Question 8

Religious freedom guaranteed to all Christians

Answer 8

Act of toleration

Question 9

Political system in which people got to elect representatives to have a say in government

Answer 9

Representative government

Question 10

A route of the triangular trade where slaves were transported between Africa and America

Answer 10

Middle passage

Question 11

A 1620 agreement for ruling the Plymouth colony that was majority ruled.

Answer 11

Mayflower compact

Question 12

Crops sold for money that include indigo, tobacco, and rice

Answer 12

Cash crop

Question 13

Three cash crops

Answer 13

Tobacco, rice, and Indigo

Question 14

Three parts of the triangular trade

Answer 14

Americas, Africa, and Europe

Question 15

Group of people who thought an entirely new church was needed in England (Pilgrims)

Answer 15

Separatists

Question 16

People who wanted to reform the church of England

Answer 16

Puritans

Question 17

What was the Puritans rule about voting

Answer 17

Only people who went to church could vote

Question 18

A Puritans who left Massachusetts and created Rhode Island because the power of the Puritan church was getting too powerful.

Answer 18

Roger Williams

Question 19

Harsh Dutch leader of New Netherland in mud 1600s

Answer 19

Peter Stuyvesant

Question 20

People who believed everyone was equal. They didn’t believe in slavery or war

Answer 20

Quakers

Question 21

Quaker who founded Pennsylvania for religious freedom for Quakers

Answer 21

William Penn

Question 22

Founder of Georgia

Answer 22

James Oglethorpe

Question 23

Three popular industries in New England colonies

Answer 23

Shipbuilding, fishing, trading

Question 24

Where and why was Plymouth established

Answer 24

In Massachusetts snd for religious freedom from England

Question 25

Problem for early Plymouth settlers

Answer 25

They had to face a winter without any preparation. Many starved, fell sick, or died.

Question 26

How was Plymouth governed

Answer 26

The Mayflower Compact. Majority rules.

Question 27

Where when and why was Jamestown established

Answer 27

In 1607, Jamestown was established off the coast of Chesapeake Bay for a second chance after Roanoke. They were governed by the house of burgesses

Question 28

Why were the New England Colonies founded

Answer 28

Religious freedom

Question 29

How did the Middle colonies’ culture differ from other religions

Answer 29

They had a diverse population and a lot of tolerance to that

Question 30

Why was Maryland created

Answer 30

Safe place for roman catholics

Question 31

Why was Georgia created

Answer 31

Safe place for depters

Question 32

Two ways of life in the South

Answer 32

1) Rich farmers who used slaves to do the work (tidewater region)
2) Poor people who med themselves just enough to survive (backcountry region)

Question 33

4 new England colonies

Answer 33

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut

Question 34

4 Middle colonies

Answer 34

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Question 35

5 Southern colonies

Answer 35

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia