Colonial America

Which colonial region was best known for having plantations?

• the Southern Colonies

• the Middle Colonies

• the New England Colonies

How many total colonies were there?

• Eleven (11)

• Twelve (12)

• Thirteen (13)

• Fourteen (14)

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

Was settled by Separatists who wanted to avoid religious persecution

• Plymouth Colony

• Georgia

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

Which title best completes the list above? Rocky soil, jagged coastline, town meetings, villages and churches

• The Southern Colonies

• The Mid-Atlantic Colonies

• The New England Colonies

• The Mid-Western Colonies

The colony Lord Baltimore established in Maryland encouraged

• land grants for every settler.

    

   

• a role for colonists in government

• religious freedom for Roman Catholics

• the settlement of wealthy people

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

• Debtors

• Pilgrims

• Catholics

• Indentured Servants

What was the INITIAL reason that European explorers sailed to the Americas?

• to find new sea routes to Asia

• to form military alliances

• to spread Christianity to Africa

• to find new sources of cheap labor

New England's economy was based on:

• Ship building, fishing and lumbering

• Art and music

• Plantations and slavery

• Farming grains, wheat, and corn.

What was the major source of profit in the economy of the Southern colonies?

• Fishing, Whaling, and Ship Building

• Plantations and Slavery

• Bread

• Art