The Colonial Regions

Which colonial region has a climate that can best be described as mild winters and hot, humid summers.

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

What was the major religious group of the New England colonies?

• Quakers

• Church of England

• Puritans

Which colonies have large plantations?

• Middle

• Southern

• New England

• Northeast

What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• frontier region

The long cold winters in the ____________________ colonies was not ideal for growing cash crops and so they focused on lumbering, fishing & fur trading.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Winter

Which colony was originally founded by the Dutch?

• New Jersey

• New York

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

Which colony could settlers go to in order to escape their debts?

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing

• New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Colonial region 
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.

• New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat

• New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
• Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
• Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)