Colonial America

What are the key reasons that the Europeans wanted to come to the New World?

• Religious freedom

• To become landowners

• Access to abundant resources

• All of the above

What is a colony?

• Large farms

• A place or region that is settled & ruled by another country

• A king or queen who ruled during the time period that the colonies were established

• Crops grown to sell

What is a monarch?

• Large farms

• A place or region that is settled & ruled by another country

• A king or queen who ruled during the time period that the colonies were established

• Crops grown to sell

How many colonies did the English establish in North America?

• 13

• 15

• 17

• 19

The colonies were split into 3 regions including which of the following?

• New England

• Mid-Atlantic

• Southern

• All of the above

What was the difference between indentured servants and slaves?

• Indentured servants worked for passage to the new world and slaves were forced to work.

• Slaves were men and indentured servants were women.

• Indentured servants were forced to work and slaves chose to work.

• Slaves worked for 10 years before they were free and indentured servants only worked for 3.

New England colonies were centered around a town common. What is a town common?

• Large farms

• A place or region that is settled & ruled by another country

• A king or queen who ruled during the time period that the colonies were established

• A grassy area in the center of town where citizens’ livestock could graze

What was the main way to make money in the New England colonies?

• Plantation work

• Fishing & whaling

• Small businesses

• Farming

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

• The Puritans

• The Quakers

• The Lutherans

• The Baptists

What was the farming like in the New England colonies?

• The soil was rich and farming was very important.

• Farming was the main way to make a living.

• The soil was rocky and made farming difficult.

• There was no farming.