The 13 Colonies and Great Britain

A settler from a distant country

• colonist

• overseer

• land owner

• merchant

To punish someone for their religious beliefs.

• Pressure

• Promise

• Persecution

• Prepare

This group came to New England to escape the King

who punished them for their religion.  They governed a strict colony that was based around the bible and the church.

• Protestants

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Muslims

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

a. vast timber

b. rocky soil

c. rich ocean fishing

d. single family farms

• reasons for the development of southern plantations

• factors in the economic development of southern plantations

• components of the British system of Mercantilism

Why did people decide to cross the Atlantic Ocean and form colonies?

• Some Englishmen came for religious freedom from the Church of English and land.

• They wanted freedom from the King’s rule.

• They wanted a new beginning

• All of the above

By 1750, Boston became world famous for its shipping port.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Why were the Middle Colonies also known as The Breadbasket.

• because they developed special baking ovens.

• because they produced so much grain:  Oats, wheat, rye.

• because all they had to eat was bread.

A person that comes into a country to start a new life.

• Immigrant

• Puritan

• Traveler

• Migrant

Where did the Quakers settle?

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

A Plantation grows only one type of crop. Many settlers here were rich and owned large plantations. 

• Middle

  Colonies

• Southern

  Colonies

• New England

  Colonies