Colonies

Which region was the colony of New York located in?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which region was the colony of Virginia located in?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Which region was the colony of Massachusetts located in?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

People in the New England colonies came to the New World because they wanted to

• practice their religion freely

• find gold

• get more land for the English monarchy

• spread their religion to the Native Americans

The first successful English settlement was

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• St. Augustine

How many British colonies were there originally?

• 50

• 10

• 13

• 15

Which European country controlled the colonies?

• England

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

cash crop

• a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

• a crop such as corn, soybeans, and wheat, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

• a slang term that refers to an Englishman with a lot of money

• a slang term that refers to an especially valuable group of slaves

an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

• Mayflower Compact

• Mayflower Charter

• The Fundamental Orders of Massachusetts

• The Massachusetts Declaration of Order

economy

• the way a society organizes its money

• the way a society organizes its government into local and national levels

• the way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services

• the way a society taxes its citizens and uses that tax money to provide services for them