USI.5 Colonies

Settled by people who had been in debtors’ prison in England and wanted economic freedom and a new life in America

• Plymouth & Massachusetts Bay

• Roanoke & Jamestown

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

Settled by the Quakers who wanted to have freedom to practice their faith without interference

• Georgia

• Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Roanoke Island and Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

Was an economic venture to make money

• Georgia

• Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Roanoke Island and Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

Settled by separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution

• Georgia

• Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Roanoke Island and Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services is called—

• interdependence

• specialization

• resources

• economics

With very little money left after the French and Indian War, Great Britain decided to—

• tax the colonists

• raise the price of British goods

• tax the American Indians

• sell some of the colonies

What is one group the large landowners of the South relied on for labor?

• Woman

• Slaves

• Artisans

• Small Farmers

Interdependence existed among the colonies because of—

• harbors

• occupations

• politics

• specialization

Which group of colonial people was allowed to vote?

• Women

• Free African Americans

• Farmers

• Enslaved African Americans

People who worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations were called—

• caretakers

• indentured servants

• artisans

• shopkeepers