13 Colonies 8.1CO

What justification did settlers from England have for founding the New England colonies?

• Religious groups were seeking refuge from persecution.

• Native Americans were relocating to England.

• The English government was forcing colonization.

• Economic prosperity was greater in the New World.

What factor made southern colonies like South Carolina different from New England and Mid-Atlantic colonies?

• Southern colonies allowed slavery.

• Southern colonies allowed slavery.

• Southern colonies outlawed religious discrimination.

• Southern colonies had economies based on cash crop farming.

What European nation established the settlement of Charles Town?

• Britain

• France

• Spain

• Russia

Which region was known as the "breadbasket" of the 13 colonies?

• Mid-atlantic

• Southern

• Western

• New England

What was the motivating factor behind the settlement of the Southern Colonies?

• Religious freedon

• Cultural developement

• religious intolerance

• economic gain

What impact did geophraphy have on the developement of the American colonies?

• It allowed for the development of similar political institutions across the colonies.

• It led to a variety of economic differences between northen,middle, and southern colonies.

• it had little impact, as the cultural similarities of the colonists had more of an effect.

• It isolated colonists and kept ideas about self government from spreading

Why did the Virginia Company of London initiate the headright system in Jamestown?

• to divide African slaves equally among plantation owners

• to punish those settlers who refuese to work

• to encourage more settlement in Jamestown

• to prevent further attacks by Native American tribes

What development allowed the Jamestown colony to prosper?

• Settlers started to manufacture cotton for sale.

• Colonist began to grow tobacco as a cash crop

• Limits were placed on the number of new families.

• Settlers began to mine gold in the area.

What British colonies had social and economic practices similar to the Carribbean plantations?

• the Mid-Atlantic colonies

• Pennsylvania & New Jersey

• the Carolinas

• Massachuetts & Connecticut

The geography of the New England conlonies supported what industry?

• tobaco farming

• ranching

• fishing

• cotton farming