Colonial America

Was settled by the Puritans

• Roanoke Island

• Plymouth Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts Bay

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

Was settled by Separatists who wanted to avoid religious persecution

• Plymouth Colony

• Georgia

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

In the Southern colonies, what was the economy mostly based on?

• Shipbuilding
• producing iron and textiles in factories
• whaling and fishing
• producing cash crops on large farms

What crop was important in making Jamestown successful?

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Potatoes

The main reason the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were formed was for

• religious freedom

• money

• trade

The main reason(s) Jamestown almost failed was because of ____________________.

• conflicts between the settlers and native people

• animal attacks and lack of water

• disease and starvation

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

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

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

The economy of the New England colonies was based on?

• Plantations, cash crops

• Grains, "The Bread Basket"

• Ship building, fishing, and metal products

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