Which group are the New England Colonies, where covenant communities focused on one religion?

Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire

New Hampshire, Virginia, Coneccticut, and Maryland

Old Carolina, Georgia, Delaware, Massachusetts

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Which group are the Southern colonies?

Florida Georgia Louisiana Alabama

What were cash crops?

Crops grown to make a profit $$$.

Crops that were easy to harvest.

Crops that grew well in the New England Colonies.

Why did many of the men not want to work?

They were rich and used to having servants do all of their work in England.

They wanted to hire American Indians to do the work.

How did John Rolfe help Jamestown generate income for the Virginia Company?

Introduction tobacco in the colonies

What was the social Structure of the New England colonies?

Strict / Rigid / Least Tolerant

Based on slavery and land ownership

Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were

aware of needing to make their own government

ready to begin a new way of life without strangers

aware of how different they were from other colonies

willing to follow the same laws as Virginia

The Plymouth Colony set an important precedent in that it

established the principal of religious freedom.

allowed only adult male colonists to vote.

recognized the need for laws and leadership.

followed the English tradition of electing representatives.

How did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut influence the development of representative government in America?

It expanded the right to vote to all men who owned property.

It created America's first representative government

It was the first document to set rules for representative government.

It set limits on the power of the governor.

What was the main reason that several New England cities became major shipbuilding centers?

The cities were located on the coast and had plenty of wood.

These cities needed ships for deep sea-fishing.

The land near the cities was at first difficult to farm.

The city governments supported shipbuilding.

Which reason best explains why the British took control of New Amsterdam?

They wanted the wealth that came from trade.

They feared conflict with the Dutch over trade routes.

They wanted to expand their religious influence in America.

They wanted Peter Stuyvesant to remain as governor.

What was the main reason the colony of New Jersey was originally formed?

to govern more easily than one large New York colony.

to keep England's influence in New York

to discourage loyalty to the British monarch

to establish religious freedom in the new colonies

How did William Penn impact self-government in America?

He strengthened it by having a constitution and general assembly.

He weakened it by giving political power to English.

He weakened it by insisting that settlers pay for Indian land.

He strengthened it by giving the right to vote to all men and women.

How did William Penn attract so many people to his colony?

He advertised the religious freedom offered in the colony.

He encouraged foreign investment in the colony.

He gave free land to new settlers.

He prohibited slavery anywhere in the colony.

What social structure did the middle colonies have?

Based on land ownership and slavery

Lord Baltimore established in Maryland encouraged

religious freedom for Roman Catholics.

a role for colonists in government.

the settlement of wealthy people.

The most significant difference between the northern and southern Carolina settlements was that

southern settlement grew rich on rice while poorer farmers in the north grew tobacco.

southern settlement attracted settlers from England and northern settlers were from Virginia.

the northern settlement was free of slavery while the southern settlement relied on enslaved workers.

southern settlement was more loyal to English nobles than the northern settlement.

What factor best explains the difference in settlement patterns between the Tidewater and the backcountry?

differences in the characteristics of the environment

differences in attitudes about slavery

differences in the length of the growing season

differences in where the settlers had immigrated from

The increase in the number of enslaved Africans entering America was largely due to

the development of the plantation system.

greater efforts to capture Africans by other Africans.

an increase in the number of European slave traders.

changing attitudes about the justice of owning slaves.

Virginia Company of London was given a charter to create

a profitable settlement in Jamestown.

a profitable settlement in Plymouth

set up the profitable slave trade

set up the Triangular Trade Route

Bacon's Rebellion EXEMPLIFIED

the ability of indentured servants to rise up and rebel.

the growing power of former indentured servants.

the colonial resentment over the Stamp Act.

England's anger over the Puritan control of Massachusetts.

The French and Indian War was a

global struggle for power between two rivals in Europe France and England to colonize the world.

a war where Native Americans were attempting to take back their land.

What were two reasons France was in the New World?

For profitable fur trade with the Natives

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Which colonial region had shipbuilding, whaling, fishing, and lumbering?

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

Western Colonies

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What region had cold climate, long winters and a short growing season and a rocky landscape?

Middle colonies

New England

Southern colonies

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What region made money from cash crops (tobacco, lumber, rice, indigo)?

Middle colonies

New England

Southern colonies

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

What region was established by the Puritans because they sought religious freedom from persecution in Europe?

Middle colonies

New England

Southern colonies

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

At which colony did the Puritans land seeking religious freedom?

Maryland

Virginia

Massachusetts

Connecticut

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Large farms that grow just one or two crops are called _______________ this began the southern regions economy.

ranches

orchards

plantations

acres

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Which group are the Middle colonies?

Connecticut

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Massachuttes

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

Maryland

Georgia

Pennsylvania

Delaware

New York

New Jersey

California

Arizona

New Mexico

Washington

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