Colonial Regions Review (2020)

This region's economy was largely based on fishing and logging.

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Many plantations grew cash crops such as rice, tobacco and indigo.

• Middle Colonies

• Mayflower Compact

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

Puritans that settled here were very religious and had little religious tolerance.

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

This was the warmest of the three regions

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Mayflower Compact

Many colonists farmed wheat and other grains, earning this region the nickname "breadbasket"

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Passage

• New England Colonies

Because this region did not have good farmland, these colonies had to import food from other regions

• Southern Colonies

• Mid-atlantic Colonies

• New England Colonies

This region used their natural resources like cod, whales and lumber to trade

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Mayflower Compact

• New England Colonies

Government here guaranteed religious tolerance and banned taxation without representation

• Middle Passage

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Colonists here came from many different European countries. Culture included a mix of different traditions and religions

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Middle Passage

• Southern Colonies