13 Colonies

Huge farms that required many workers including slaves

• dairy farms

• subsistence farms

• plantations

A group of people who settle in a new area but are still connected to their home country

• colony

• debtor

• Quaker

A document that gives the holder the right to organize settlements in an area.

• plantation

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• charter

A member of the Church of England who wanted practice their religion in the New World and sailed on the Mayflower

• Pilgrim

• debtor

• Quaker

things like cotton, indigo and tobacco that are grown to make a profit.

• colony;

• cash crops

• charter

government in which citizens elect representatives to make laws

• Mayflower Compact

• charter

• House of Burgesses

• representative government

a government ruled by or subject to religious authority

• theocracy

• House of Burgesses

• representative government

An agreement made by the Pilgrims about colony laws written up while still on the Mayflower ship

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• charter

• representative government

Which colonial region was founded only for religious freedom?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which region was founded only for economic opportunities or to make money

• New England

• Middle

• Southern