13 Colonies

Because of its cold climate and rocky soil, colonists in this region turned to other economic resources in order to make a living?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

This region enjoyed the greatest diversity of religious and ethnic (cultural/national) backgrounds?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

This region had the least amount of religious tolerance (for other religions/belief systems)?

hint: they were "Puritans" and had very strict religious expectations/rules

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

Colonists in this region lived "the most isolated" lives of the three colonial regions....

(because they were mostly spread out on large farms-- called plantations)

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

The Southern colonies were mostly _________________.

(mostly "countryside" with towns spread out from one another)

• urban

• suburban

• rural

SLAVERY..... while it existed in ALL 3 regions, at first.... took the GREATEST hold in this region (because of the need for cheap farm labor)?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

This region contained two of the largest cities in Colonial America?

• New England colonial region

• Middle colonial region

• Southern colonial region

What were the TWO largest cities in the "Middle Colonies" region?

(2 answers)

• Philadelphia, PA

  (in Pennsylvania)

• Boston, MA

  (in Massachusetts)

• New York City, NY

  (in New York)

• Baltimore, MD

  (in Maryland)

Which colonial region developed a trade and manufacturing based economy?

• New England Colonies

• Mid Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which region is known as the Bread Basket?

• New England Colonies

• Mid Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies