Settling the Colonies

What were the names of the colonies that comprised the

New England Colonies?

• Texas and Colorado

• Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York

• Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut

• Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia

What did the original colonists that settled in the New England Colonies do to earn money?

• fishing, whaling, cut timber to be used by ship builders, traded with the Native Americans

• coal mining, raised livestock and grew wheat and corn on small farms

• grew cash crops like rice and tobacco

• got jobs at the local 7-11 and worked at Taco Bell

What was the main purpose that many of the settlers like the Pilgrims left their homes in England to build their new lives in the New England Colonies?

• They wanted to get rich planting rice and tobacco.

• They were upset with their parents.

• They left England and settled in the colonies for religious freedom.

• They just really liked the idea of leaving their families and friends in England to take a pleasure cruise across the Atlantic and living in the wilderness.

Region of large plantations which grew tobacco, indigo, and rice

• New England
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Back Country

In which ways did Europeans POSITIVELY interact with Native Americans?

• farming, slavery

• trade, battles

• farming, trade

• slavery, battles

What affect did the Triangular Trade have on Africans in the European colonies? (4.1.CE)

• It caused Africans to want to go to the colonies.

• It forced Europeans to work on farms alongside slaves.

• It increased the need for slaves in the colonies.

• It decreased the need for slaves in the colonies.

Which of the following is NOT considered one of the middle colonies?

• Massachusetts

• Delaware

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• New Jersey

Cattle, iron, and grain were produced in which colonial region?

• Backcountry

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware made up the

• New England Colonies

• Backcountry

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

The first setters that arrived from Europe to settle the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies benefited from the knowledge and help they were given by Native Americans. But in the long run, it would not be right to say that the colonists and the Native Americans were BFF's. Why?

• The Colonists and Native Americans had different clothing styles.

• More settlers would come over from Europe and push the Native Americans off the land that was rightfully theirs and take their resources.

• The English culture and Native American Cultures were different.

• The European Settlers refused to allow the Native Americans access to the internet.