Southern, Middle, and New England Colonies

What was the main reason for settling the New England colonies?

• To make money.

• Religious freedom

• Find the Northwest Passage.

• To escape from the South.

What type of government structure did they have in Virginia?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Constitutions

• House of Burgesses

• Town Meetings

What religious group settled in Pennsylvania?

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Huguenots

Why was there a limited growing season in the New England colonies?

• Fertile soil

• Farmers eave for vacation

• Hot summers

• Rocky soil

Which of the following is not a cash crop grown on large plantations in the Southern colonies?

• Tobacco

• Barley

• Indigo

• Rice

Which of the following is not a colony in the Middle colonies?

• South Carolina

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• New Jersey

What two groups settled in the New England colonies?

• Pilgrims and Quakers

• Pilgrims and Puritans

• Huguenots and Puritans

• Swedes and Puritans

What government structure established religious freedom and wealthy Lords Proprietors got most of the land?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Constitution

• House Of Burgesses

• Town Meetings

Why is the Middle colonies sometimes called the Breadbasket colonies?

• They grew bread.

• They built ships.

• They grew grains(wheat and rye)

• They grew rice.

Which of the following is not a New England colony

• Massachusetts

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

• Maine