Colonial Era

Question 1

Middle colonies: Quakers/ Penn, Ben Franklin

Answer 1

Penn believed that if you gave friendship, you got it back. Quakers: form of Christianity

Ben Franklin: born in middle colonies, helped establish the respect for the middle colonies

Question 2

Southern colonies: tobacco, slave labor, Pocahontas/ John smith

Answer 2

Tobacco: planted as much as possible
Slave labor: plantations needed people to work so they bought slaves

Pocahontas: supplied colonists w food, helped Jamestown survive

Question 3

Southwestern colonies: Catholic missions, Spanish conquistadors

Answer 3

Catholic mission: Catholic missionaries from Spain came to attempt to spread the religion

Spanish conquistadors: came to mesoamerica to find gold, God and glory

Question 4

New England colonies: religion and economy

Answer 4

Puritans: religion, believed that the god singled out people for salvation, saved were saints

Economy: farming,loaned animals, family ate crops