Northern Colonies

Northern Colonies Notes

Studies Weekly 13

Northern colonies = green area on map

Multiple Choice

Select the state that is a part of the northern colonies...

• New York

• Massachusetts

• New Jersey

• Maryland

Multiple Choice

Select the state that is a part of the northern colonies...

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

• Rhode Island

Multiple Choice

Select the state that is a part of the northern colonies...

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Connecticut

• Delaware

1. Northern States

• Massachusetts (John Winthrop and the Puritans during their Great Migration)

• Rhode Island (Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson)

• New Hampshire (John Mason and his fishing ports)

• Connecticut (Thomas Hooker and his fur trade)

Multiple Choice

Who started the New Hampshire Colony?

• John Mason

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

Multiple Choice

Who started the Connecticut Colony?

• Thomas Hooker

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

Multiple Select

Who started the Rhode Island Colony?

pick 2 answers

• Thomas Hooker

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

• Anne Hutchinson

2. Northern Colonies Life

• used barter instead of money

• meetinghouse is an important building

• women cooked and sew

• men hunt, work, and vote

Meetinghouse = community center for residents to use for worship, business meetings, for residents

Multiple Choice

True or False:

The meetinghouse is a community center for residents who live in the town.

• True

• False

• sewing

• churning butter

• making candles and soaps out of animal fat

​3. Chores

Multiple Choice

What did they make soap and candles out of?

• animal fat

• butter

• sewing thread

4. Northern Economy

• Market economy

• small farming (corn is main crop)

• fishing and whaling

• shipbuilding

• Boston = major city port

Multiple Select

What were 2 things from the northern economy?

(pick 2 answers)

• shipbuilding

• growing cotton

• farming wheat

• farming corn

Logging and Ship building

Multiple Choice

Which city is a major port?

• Jamestown

• Boston

• Roanoke

• New York

​Quiz Time! Use your notes!

Multiple Choice

What year was Massachusetts Bay founded?

• 1630

• 1631

• 1636

Multiple Choice

What year was Rhode Island founded?

• 1635

• 1631

• 1636

Multiple Choice

Which founder wrote the book called Fundamental Orders?

• Thomas Hooker

• Roger Williams

• Captain John Mason

Multiple Choice

Which colony experienced the "Great Migration" with over 20,000 Puritans moving in?

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts Bay

• New Hampshire

Multiple Choice

Which colony started as a fishing colony that had good sea trade?

• Rhode Island

• Massachusetts Bay

• New Hampshire

Multiple Choice

Which colony experienced the Pequot War and defeated the Narragansett tribe for the fur trade?

• Rhode Island

• Connecticut

• New Hampshire