The 13 English Colonies

What are the middle colonies?

• Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

  Connecticut, Rhode Island

• New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania

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

What are the southern colonies?

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

• New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania

• Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

  Connecticut, Rhode Island

Where did the English sail hoping to find a sea passage to India?

• Westward

• Northward

• Eastward

What are the New England colonies?

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

• New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania

• Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts

  Connecticut, Rhode Island

In 1620, another group of English settlers landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts. What were they called?

• Plymouths

• Venetians

• Pilgrims

Where did the English build their first permanent colony?

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Jamestown, Virginia

• India

The Mayflower Compact Guidelines included: Choose all that apply.

• First written framework of government in English colonies

• Signed by all 41 adult males aboard the Mayflower

• Signers agreed to form a civil government and obey its laws

• Signers agreed to enact "just and equal laws" for the general good of the colony

• Based on English traditions of self-government

The New England colonies economy was based on ...

• fishing

• whaling

• shipbuilding

• all of the above

Which colony was NOT in the New England Colonies?

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

• Maine

What did most people in the Middle Colonies do for a living?

• artisans

• apprentices

• plantation owners

• small farmers