13 Colonies Quiz Flashcards
What are the New England colonies? (4)
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
What are the Middle colonies? (4)
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
What are the Southern colonies? (5)
Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
NE, M, S: relationships with Native Americans were better in these colonies than in the others
M
NE, M, S: The first colonists were English and settled in Jamestown, VA in 1607
s
NE, M, S: The colonists here turned to fishing, lumbering, fur trading, and metal working to nourish their economy
S
These colonies participated in the selling of slaves to the southern colonies
NE/M
This area was the most ethnically diverse
M
Quakers seeking religious freedom settled in Pennsylvania
M
In 1619 the House of Burgesses was formed (the first example of representative government in America)
S
John Rolfe discovered that tobacco grew well in this region’s climate
S
The soil was too thin and rocky and the climate too harsh for the colonists to grow cash crops
NE
The first colonists here were Separatists Puritans (Pilgrims)
NE
A small number of people owned large amounts of land
S
The religious freedom they sought was not readily granted to others outside their Puritan faith
NE
Children of wealthy plantation owners had private tutors to educate them. There were very few public schoolhouses.
S
Land was more fertile than in the North, which allowed the colonists to grow corn, wheat, and fruit. These colonies were nicknames “the Bread Basket”.
M
Tobacco and rice became the major cash crops, and were grown on large plantations
S
The first colonists were Dutch and settled at the mount of the Hudson River.
M
Indentured servants were first used. As their number dwindled, slaves were used.
S
Mills to grind grains developed here and supported local economies.
M
Education was available to more of the colonists in this region, as people lived closer together and schoolhouses could be built.
NE
When the English took “New Amsterdam” from the Dutch, they called it New York
M
Out of lack of religious toleration, the Salem Witch Trials took place in this region
NE
