13 Colonies

Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"

• The land was fertile and wheat, along with other grains, grew well.

• Making bread was a great economic opportunity.

• They ate bread with every meal.

• They imported many types of grain

Farmers and plantation owners grew cotton and tobacco mostly in this colony?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Back Colony

Which group are the New England colonies?

• Connecticut

  New Hampshire

  Rhode Island

  Massachusetts

• North Carolina

  South Carolina

  Virginia

  Maryland

  Georgia

• Pennsylvania

  Deleware

  New York

  New Jersey

• Illinois

  Indiana

  Ohio

  Wisconsin

Why was Maryland founded?

• To avoid debtors' prison

• To have more job opportunities

• To freely practice religion

• To create a safe place for Catholics

Which group are the Southern colonies?

• North Carolina

  South Carolina

  Virginia

  Maryland

  Georgia

• Connecticut

  New Hampshire

  Rhode Island

  Massachuttes

• Pennsylvania

  Delaware

  New York

  New Jersey

• Florida

  Georgia

  Louisiana

  Alabama

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first

• map drawn of New England

• constitution

• colony started

• treaty between Colonists and Native Americans

The colonists in Plymouth came from England looking for:

• furs

• religious freedom

• gold

• free land

The Mayflower Compact was signed by:

• All of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower

• Every person on the Mayflower

• Only the male Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

• The captain of the ship, that's it

Who settled Jamestown?

• The Pilgrims of Europe

• The Virginia Company of London

• The Quakers of Oats

• Catholics of the Vatican

Farming was most successful in which colonies?

• New England and Middle

• New England and Southern

• Middle and Southern