Middle and Southern Colonies with Ms. Burgess and Mr. Roe

New England colonies were associated with the following people, places and things:

• economies based on rice and tobacco, John Smith, Georgia and House of Burgesses

• Delaware, founded for religious freedoms, Anne Hutchinson, and automobile industry

• founded for religious and economic reasons, New York, William Penn and shipbuilding

• Roger Williams, Puritans, Mayflower Compact, Rhode Island and industries of fishing and shipbuilding

One of the Middle Colonies' leader was

• Peyton Manning

• John Smith

• William Penn

• John Winthrop

Southern Colonies were associated with

• being founded for economic opportunities, Maryland, Virginia, and created the House of Burgesses

• Shipbuilding and subsistence farming, Athenian Style Democracy

• New Jersey, South Carolina and religious freedom

• Anne Hutchinson, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Roger Williams

According to this document, what did Bacon and his men do to any Native Americans (Indians) that they encountered?

• Created a peace treaty.

• Bacon's men were captured by the Native Americans after spying on the Native Americans.

• Bacon and his men destroyed them all - men, women and children. The Native American's king's wife and daughter were taken as prisoner.

• Bacon used the Native American's to capture the Governor.

What did James Oglethorpe do?

• he made Pennsylvania one of the wealthiest states

• he established Maryland in 1632

• he used the colony as a military outpost

• he founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors

Which group was at the top of southern colonial society?

• Slaves of African descent

• Yeoman farmers

• Planters (plantation owners)

• Poor whites

What is the term for a person who signed a contract to serve a master without pay, for a limited amount of time (typically 4-7 years), in order to pay off a debt?

• slave

• yeoman

• indentured servant

• planter

What is the term for a region of flat, low-lying plains along the seacoast? Many aristocrats lived in this area.

• Tidewater

• Swamp

• Pleteau

• Plantation

Use the pie chart on the right to answer the following question.

In 1755, what percentage of people in the colonies were of African descent?

• 20%

• 52%

• 9%

• 7%

• 5%

Which colony was started as a safe place for Catholics? 

•  Pennsylvania
• Delaware
• Maryland
• North Carolina