Comparing the Colonies

The British included people from:

• Ireland

• Germany

• Holland

• Scotland

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different

• governments

• languages

• resources

• origins

Plantations specialized in producing:

• fine food

• cash crops

• dairy cattle

• wood furniture

Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off

a debt was called

• a slave

• an apprentice

• an assemblyman

• an indentured servant

Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect

• Baptists

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Quakers

Why was Rhode Island founded?

• as a trade center

• for religious freedom

• for large tobacco farms

• as a place for the poor to settle

Why were the Quakers mistreated in England?

• They refused to obey laws

• They often received special favors from the king

• They taught that people should overthrow the king by force

• They practiced a different religion from most English people

Which of these was a disadvantage of Maryland as a place to settle?

• Crops grew poorly

• There were no industries

• Mosquitoes spread disease

• There were no ports for ocean ships

Why was Georgia founded?

• To help poor people avoid being jailed for their debts

• To trade with Spanish colonies

• To raise taxes from new settlers

• as a home for former slaves

The British wanted the area they named New York so that British settlers in New England could:

• Worship freely

• Establish a capital

• Move westward

• Grow cash crops