New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies

The New England colonies were the center of what industry?

• trading

• shipbuilding

• farming

What was the most important port city in the New England colonies?

• Boston

• New York City

• Massachusetts

What part of life was important to the people in New England?

• shopping

• farming

• religion

Who came to the New World to find religious freedom?

• Pilgrims

• Native Americans

• British

Who began the colony of Pennsylvania?

• George Washington

• William Penn

• Pilgrims

What did William Penn want for his colony?

• He wanted people of every faith and every nationality to come to his colony.

• He wanted everyone in his colony to practice the same religion.

• He only wanted men in his colony.

What happened when the Revolutionary War began to break out?

• Representatives from all the colonies met in Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress.

• The colonies were shut down.

• People left the colonies to return to their native countries.

What Middle colony was an important shipping and trading center?

• New Jersey

• New York

• Delaware

What type of activity were the Southern colonies based on?

• trading

• shipbuilding

• farming

Where did important people in the Southern colonies live?

• in towns

• on big farms

• on islands