Colonial America

In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?

• make money
• better soil
• economic opportunity
• religious freedoms

What was the Mayflower Compact??

• the first colony

• a document created by the Pilgrims
• A group of merchants

What motivated the Pilgrims and Puritans to come to North America??

• Money
• Religious Freedom
• To Become Famous

What was the Geography like for the New England Colonies?

• Harbors/ Mountainous
• Flat
• Island
• Desert

What type of people settled in New England colonies?

• Pilgrims and Puritans
• Quakers
• Native Americans
• Large Land Owners

What were the two main jobs in the New England region?

• Farming and hunting
• Trading and clothes making
• rug weaving and basket weaving
• Fishing and Ship Building

What was the soil like in the New England colonies?

• Thin and sandy
• Thin and rocky
• Thin and rich
• Thin and fertile

True or False:

The Quakers believed that people of different beliefs could live together in harmony.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which was an important natural resource found throughout the Middle Colonies?

• Fertile Soil

• Gold

• Cotton

• Rocks

Who lived in the Middle Colonies before the arrival of Europeans?

• Enslaved people from Africa

• Woolly Mammoths

• Native Americans

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