VA Flashcards
New England Colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
What religious group settled in the New England colonies
Puritans
Resources in the New England colonies
Fish, iron, ships, timber, whales
Jobs in New England colonies
Shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small scale farming
New England colonies were based on the puritans ideas of what and what
Hard work and thrift
What document government the first New England colony
Mayflower compact
How were political descions made based on the mayflower compact
Based on religion and direct democracy
Big idea from the New England colonies
Life based mainly on religion
States in the middle colonies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Where were people moving to the middle colonies from
England, Germany, netherlands
Religions in the middle colonies
Quaker, Protestant Christian
Resources in the middle colonies
Livestock, fish, furs, iron, timber, wheat
Jobs in the middle colonies
Shipbuilding, farming , trading
Cities in the middle colonies
Philadelphia, Dover, New York, Wilmington
Who had the most political power in New York
Landowning families
Describe william penns leadership in Pennsylvania
Kindhearted, tolerant, peaceful, wanted the best for his people
Big ideas in the middle colonies
Diverse colonies, mainly tolerant
States in the southern colonies
Maryland, Virginia, north and South Carolina, georgia
Where were people moving to the southern colonies from
England, Scotland, Ireland, germany
Resources in the southern colonies
Corn, indigo, pigs, rice and tobacco
Cash crops
Tobacco, rice, indigo
Why did plantations grow in the southern colonies
Climate and slavery
Who had the most political power in the southern colonies
Plantation owners
Big ideas from the southern colonies
Farming and close ties to England
