Bellringer 11-15

In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?

• make money
• better soil
• economic opportunity
• religious freedoms

The two main trades(jobs) in the New England Colonies were . . .

• Growing corn and tobacco
• Shipbuilding and fishing
• Growing corn and wheat
• Fishing and growing cotton

I have been working for many years to pay off my trip to North America.  After I work off my debt, I am free.  I am an _______.

• indentured servant
• slave
• merchant

Which of the following was NOT a colony in the New England region?

• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Connecticut

Products leaving a country are called an ___________.

• import
• export
• charter

Products coming in from another country is called a ______________.

• Import
• Export
• Charter

New England's geography could be described as

• flat and fertile soil

• rocky and cool climate, poor soil

• warm and tropical

• same weather all year long

Which religious group wanted to "purify the church of England"?

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Separatists

• Quakers

A group of separatists that left England to escape religious persecution

• Separatists

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

All the businesses that make one kind of product or offer one kind of service is called what?

• Industry

• Colony

• College

• Shipbuilding