Unit 1 Colonies

The _______ colonies were the most industrial, most diverse, and were called the “breadbasket colonies”.

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

The ______ colonies had large farms (plantations and developed slavery.

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England

The _____ were based on Puritan values, had small family farms, shipbuilding, and fishing.

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Increased _____ sparked the Age of Exploration

• cash crop

• trade

• religion

the European nations were looking for ___________ to Asia.

• air route

• land route

• sea route

The Spanish conquistadors were able to easily defeat the Native American groups because they had advanced _______, ________, and native died of ________.

• horses

• weapons

• diseases

• ships

Spain created a strict social class system with ___________ being used for slave labor.

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

• Native Americans

Most European nations wanted to explore and colonize North America for _______, ______, and ______

• God

• Glory

• Gold

• Grain

______trade was the economic motivation behind the French colonization of North America.

• land

• cash crop

• fur

The English settled in North America to make ______ from the land.

• jobs

• trade

• money