The 13 English Colonies [English Citizens]

The 13 English Colonies

Who did the colonists see themselves as?

Why did Europeans and
Africans come to the
Americas?

Multiple Select

Which of the following were reasons that Europeans came to the Americas and settled the English Colonies? [Select ALL that Apply]

• Business

• Refuge for debtors

• Freedom of Religion

• Profit ($)

3 Different Regions of
the English Colonies

➔

New England Colonies

➔

Middle Colonies

➔

Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Virginia was a part of what REGION in the English Colonies? 

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Maryland was a part of what REGION in the English Colonies? 

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

New York was a part of what REGION in the English Colonies? 

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Massachusetts was a part of what REGION in the English Colonies? 

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Reasons for Coming

to America

The reasons were as varied as the

groups of people who came.

1. Business (profit / $)

2.

Freedom of Religion (without
persecution)

3. Refuge for debtors (those who owed money)

____________________________

4.

Indentured Servitude

5. Slavery

Multiple Choice

an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

• mercantilism

• democratic

• charter

• Fundamental Orders

Multiple Choice

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years - usually 7 years.

• plantations

• slave trade

• indentured servants

• cash crops

Multiple Choice

Considered to be the first written constitution in the United States, it set up a plan of government for Connecticut.

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Fundamental Orders

• Mayflower Compact

Multiple Choice

An agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Fundamental Orders

• Mayflower Compact

Multiple Choice

Ruled by the people. Citizens elect representatives to make and carry out laws.

• mercantilism

• democratic

• charter

• economy

Multiple Choice

An agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom.

• English Bill of Rights

• rights

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

Multiple Choice

An act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch’s power to make laws or impose taxes. It gave Parliament, ALONE, the power to make taxes or pass laws.

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

Who did the colonists see
themselves as?

English Citizens

First and foremost, most
colonists saw themselves as English citizens.

Magna Carta

● Also known as the
“Great Charter”

● Established the idea
that the king’s power is
limited.

●

English Bill of Rights (1689)

Parliament (1265)

●Became a lawmaking body which
had representatives from all parts
of the England.

English Bill of Rights (1689)

● The power to make laws and tax
NOW belonged to the people +
elected in Parliament, NOT the
king.

● Included a bill of rights (list) that
belonged to the people.

Multiple Choice

This document was known also as the "Great Charter" and established the idea that the king's power was limited. 

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

What became a lawmaking body which had representatives throughout England, ultimately giving powers that had been the English king's to the people?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Parliament

Multiple Select

What did the English Bill of Rights in 1689 give to the citizens of England? [Select ALL that Apply]

• power to make laws

• power to tax and decide what should be taxed

• a bill [list] of rights

Life in the Colonies

Farm vs. City

Life

Colonial Life

1.Farms

a. 9 out of 10 Colonists lived on small
farms

b. Colonists who lived on farms lived a
single large room.

c. Life was often difficult for women
who were in charge of the family and even taking care of animals.

2.

Cities

a. 1 out of 20 Colonists (%5) lived in the
city in 1750.

Religion in the

Colonies

Impact of Puritans &

Christianity in the Colonies

Faith in the Colonies

1.New England Colonies

a. “Keeping the Sabbath” or “Sabbath-Keeper”

b.Attendance was required

c.5 hour church service

2.

The Great Awakening (1730s)

a. A movement to revive peoples religious spirit and faith.

b.Spread the idea that all “people
are equal in the eyes of God.”

Education

“Female education, in the best

families went no further than writing

and arithmetic; in some few rare instances, music, and dancing.”

Abigail Adams [First Lady]

1.New England Colonies

a. Public Schools

b. New England Primer

i.Alphabet / Syllables / Prayers

2.

Middle Colonies

a. Various Faiths /Diverse

b. Church Schools / Parents taught

3.

Southern Colonies

a.Neighbors would hire a teacher.

b. Plantation owners hired a tutor or sent their kid to England.

Multiple Choice

How many colonists lived on SMALL FARMS in the English Colonies in the 1700s? 

• 6 out of 10 (60%)

• 7 out of 10 (70%)

• 8 out of 10 (80%)

• 9 out of 10 (90%)

Multiple Choice

How many colonists lived in CITIES in the English Colonies around 1750? 

• 1%

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

Multiple Select

"Keeping the Sabbath" meant... [Select ALL that APPLY]

• You had to go to Church

• You didn't work

• You rested

• Spend the entire day in worship to God

Multiple Choice

True or Fasle: The Great Awakening is remembered today for reviving the religious spirit and faith of the English Colonists as well as spreading the idea that "all people are equal in the eyes of God."

• True

• False