colonial America

All the following were reasons to come to the New World except:

• religious freedom
• chance to own land
• economic opportunity
• to spread language and culture

In which industries did the Southern colonies specialize?

• fishing, wheat, naval stores
• livestock, grain, shipbuilding
• tobacco, wheat, fish
• tobacco, rice, indigo, wood products

Which of the colonial regions had mild winters and long, hot summers?

• New England colonies
• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• Western colonies

Small farms, rocky soil, cold winters, short growing season describes

• New England colonies
• Middle colonies
• Southern colonies
• Western colonies

Which colonial region specialized in livestock, grain, fish and market towns

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Western

Which colonial region specialized in livestock, grain, fish and market towns

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Western

Europeans believed the purpose of a colony was to 

• teach Europeans new farming and hunting skills.
• earn enough money to be independent.
• work to benefit the colony’s mother country.
• teach Europeans new farming and hunting skills.

Farmers traveled to market towns to -

• sell furs to European merchants and traders.
• purchase naval stores.
• meet with British leaders.
• trade their crops for goods and services.

Which was NOT a way that New England colonists earned a living?

• merchants
• shipbuilders
• fishing and whaling
• farming on large plantations

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The New England colonies did not have the best soil but they did have tall trees and many skilled shipbuilders. This is an example of -

• cash crops
• specialization
• imports
• interdependence