Thirteen Colonies Flashcards
Name 4 colonies founded for religious freedom.
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
What was the first permanent English settlement and what year was it founded??
Jamestown, 1607
Which region has a mild climate and the economy is based on lumbering, mining and cash crops like grains and oats?
Delaware
Which colony was the first to be founded?
Virginia
List 3 colonies founded for economic reasons.
Hint: (The three e’s)
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New York
Which region has a cold climate, rocky soil and the economy is based on fishing, small businesses, lumber and ship building?
New York
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a safe place for debtors and former prisoners to start over?
Southern Colony
Which region has a warm climate, plantations, slaves, and cash crops like rice, tobacco, and indigo?
Virginia
Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Which religious groups (2) settled in Massachusetts?
Pilgrims
Which colony was founded by a dissenter named Roger Williams? Why did he found this colony?
Hint: 2 R’s
Rhode Island: Religious Freedom
Which body of water borders the 13 colonies?
Atlantic
What was Roanoke?
First NOT permeant English attempt to settle in America, when the settlers disappeared
Who learned how to grow tobacco, and how did it save Jamestown?
John Rolfe, and it gave them money by exploiting it
How did John Smith save Jamestown?
Took control of colony and got it back on track (MADE gentlemen work)
Governing Jamestown?
The charter given to the virginia company said that the King Of England had all authority in Jamestown, Virginia
What did burgess represent?
And what was the House Of Burgesses?
What did they do?
burgess= representative
It was the first representative government in the New World
They make laws and decisions for the colonists
What’s a charter?
A document that gives permission to settle a region
What is a Joint Stock Company?
The Virginia Company was a Joint Stock Company, they sent men and supplies to North America. The Joint stock companies got people to make an investment and hoped to pay them back and more in return.
What is Jamestown?
It was the first English settlement, built on a peninsula in 1607.
What were the problems with Jamestown??
Leadership Problems, the Colonists didn’t know how to survive, and it was a swampy location, where Mosquitos carried diseases
What did England do?
- Look for Gold
- Trade, Lumber and other
- Profitable raw materials
What did France do?
- Trade Routes
- Trade posts (fur trade)
- Looking for water route
- Looking for gold&riches (7 cities of gold)
What did Spain WANT to do??
Spread Catholicism
