3 Colonial Regions 1.2

explain subsistence farming

• small farm with enough to seel at market
• small garden providing enough for the family without surplus
• plantation

Plantations and slavery existed in which region?

• west
• New England
• Southern
• Middle Atlantic

The colony with the first elected assembly in the New world was?

• New York
• Massachusetts
• Pennsylvania
• Virginia

Geography of the New England Colonies

• Rocky, Forests, hilly, poor soil, long winters, limited farming

• Fertile soil, flat land, swift rivers, wide valleys, warmer

• Rich fertile soil, broad coastal plains, tidewater, backcournty

Economic activity of the Middle Colonies

• Farming grains, livestock, cash crops, mining, trading

• Plantations with tobacco, rice slavery

• Small farms, merchants, craftsman, boatbuilding, whaling, lumber, fish

Education in the New England Colonies

• Schooling for boys and girls, advanced school for boys, Harvard 1636

• Fewer schools than NE, Princeton

• Planters' sons taught at home by tutors, College of William and Mary

Which colonial region was settled by peaceful Seperatists seeking religious freedom?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Backcountry

Why was Maryland founded?

• To avoid debtors' prison
• To create a safe place for Catholics
• To freely practice religion
• To have more job opportunities

Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans because he

• Wanted Native lands
• Converted to Roman Catholicism
• Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way
• Wanted slaves of his own

In New England, men gathered to discuss the issues of the town at

• ports
• factories
• plantations
• meetinghouses