US History Flashcards
What are the 13 colonies?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North, Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia 
What are the New England Colonies?
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island 
What are the middle colonies? 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
What is the southern colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, North, Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia 
What were the groups that were seeking religious freedoms?
Pilgrims or separatists, Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics 
Where did the pilgrims or separatists settle?
In Plymouth Massachusetts
Where did the Puritans settle?
Settled in Massachusetts
Where did the Quakers settle?
Founded the colony in Pennsylvania
Where did the catholic settle?
Start a colony in Maryland
What year were the first enslaved Africans brought to the English colonies?
1619 
What kind of work did landowners forced enslaved Africans to do? 
Raising tobacco 
Word, tobacco workers, slaves or indentured servants?
Some were slaves, and others were indentured servants 
What are indentured servants?
People who agreed to work for a certain number of years, for no pay. In exchange, their employer paid for their voyage to the colony.