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What region is the green areas?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
13 colonies
What region is the blue areas?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
13 colonies
What region is the brown areas?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
13 colonies
The New England Region was...
Very religious (Puritans) and everything revolves around religion.
The Breadbasket colony
Grew lots of tobacco
very poor
New England had...
plantations
accepting diversity
Subsistence Farming - farmed enough food for themselves.
Quakers
In New England...
There was no freedom
Fishing and whaling was important export
Where criminals went
Slavery did not exist
In New England...
They all died from a famine
They had a very long growing season
There were long winters
Rocky soil and shortest growing season -
making it hard to grow a lot
In New England there was the...
plantations and slavery to help grow
tobacco, rice, indigo
Longest growing season and most fertile land
Great Migration - when thousands of Puritans
left England
Quakers
The Middle Region was known as the...
Breadbasket Colony - grew a lot of wheat and
grains
Mayflower
Subsistence farming
Lots of tobacco
The Middle Region had a...
Lots of money
Longer growing season and more fertile ground
Extremely harsh winters
one season all year round
The middle region was...
Very accepting of diversity in religions and cultures
Not accepting of diversity in religions and cultures
always cold
very religious
The middle region had...
Dry soil
No animals
Quakers
Slaves
What is a Quaker?
a member of a religious society/group of people
A word for slaves
The governor of the colony
The captain of a boat
The Southern region...
Very religious
Freed the slaves
Grew a lot of wheat
Grew lots of tobacco - cash crop - made lots of money - everyone grew it
The Southern Region had the...
Was very poor
Worst growing season with harsh winters
Longest growing season and most fertile land
No growing season at all
The southern region had...
Fishing and whaling
No plantations
plantations and slavery to help grow
tobacco, rice, indigo
Slaves
The Southern Region was where...
criminals and debtors settled
(Georgia) – military buffer from Spain who controlled Florida
People died for no reason
Fishing and whaling was important export
there was no slavery
People left their homes and went to the colonies because..... (choose 2)
The land of opportunity
Religious freedom (especially in New
England)
To get away from home, and run away
To steal from the America's
People left their homes and went to the colonies because..... (choose 2)
Get rich quick - wanted to find gold
Great Migration - Puritan families left for
America
To build a boat
To buy slaves
Plymouth was in...
New England Region
Middle Region
Southern Region
It doesn't exist
Jamestown was in the...
Middle Region
New England Region
Southern Region
Spain
States that were part of New England region... choose 4
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
States that were part of Middle Region... choose 4
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
New York
States that were part of Southern Region... choose 4
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Connecticut
Land in New England Region
Thin, stony. Not a lot of level land and no forests.
Coastal lowlands & rich farmland
Great soil & forests
Land in Middle Region
Thin, stony. Not a lot of level land and no forests.
Coastal lowlands & rich farmland
Great soil & forests
Land in Southern Region
Thin, stony. Not a lot of level land and no forests.
Coastal lowlands & rich farmland
Great soil & forests
Climate in New England region...
Long winters. Short growing season and hard to farm.
Moderate climate
Excellent growing climate with great weather
Climate in Middle region...
Long winters. Short growing season and hard to farm.
Moderate climate
Excellent growing climate with great weather
Climate in Southern region...
Long winters. Short growing season and hard to farm.
Moderate climate
Excellent growing climate with great weather
Economy in New England Region...
Fish, ships, and wood. Trading, ship building and fishing and whaling were important.
Grain was a big crop, and manufacturing.
Tobacco, rice, indigo and crops made lots of money. Agriculture.
Economy in Middle Region...
Fish, ships, and wood. Trading, ship building and fishing and whaling were important.
Grain was a big crop, and manufacturing.
Tobacco, rice, indigo and crops made lots of money. Agriculture.
Economy in Southern Region...
Fish, ships, and wood. Trading, ship building and fishing and whaling were important.
Grain was a big crop, and manufacturing.
Tobacco, rice, indigo and crops made lots of money. Agriculture.
Diversity in New England Region...
Lacked diversity, was all English white people
Lots of different colors and religions - multi colored
German, Scottish, Irish. Elite (planters) immigrant workers, slaves.
Diversity in Middle Region...
Lacked diversity, was all English white people
Lots of different colors and religions - multi colored
German, Scottish, Irish. Elite (planters) immigrant workers, slaves.
Diversity in Southern Region...
Lacked diversity, was all English white people
Lots of different colors and religions - multi colored
German, Scottish, Irish. Elite (planters) immigrant workers, slaves.
The New England region interesting facts:
-very religious
-created saw mills
-lived mainly by water
-harnessed water power
-"Breadbasket" nickname
-Philadelphia was leading place for economy & politics
-plantations & large farms
-slavery
-plantations owners ran the government in this region Charleston
The Middle region interesting facts:
-very religious
-created saw mills
-lived mainly by water
-harnessed water power
-"Breadbasket" nickname
-Philadelphia was leading place for economy & politics
-plantations & large farms
-slavery plantations owners ran the government in this region
-Charleston
The Southern region interesting facts:
-very religious created
-saw mills lived
-mainly by water
-harnessed water power
-"Breadbasket" nickname
-Philadelphia was leading place for economy & politics
-plantations & large farms
-slavery
-plantations owners ran the government in this region
-Charleston
What is Subsistence farming?
Not being able to grow crops
Farmers grow crops to meet needs of themselves and their families
being able to farm every kind of crop for the entire world
Having cold temperatures kill the crops
Who founded New York?
Dutch Colonists
John Berkeley & George Carteret
William Penn
Swedish Settlers
Who founded New Jersey?
Dutch Colonists
John Berkeley & George Carteret
William Penn
Swedish Settlers
Who founded Pennsylvania?
Dutch Colonists
John Berkeley & George Carteret
William Penn
Swedish Settlers
Who founded Delaware?
Dutch Colonists
John Berkeley & George Carteret
William Penn
Swedish Settlers
Who founded Massachusetts (Plymouth)?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Settlers from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Who founded Massachusetts Bay?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Settlers from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Who founded Connecticut?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Settlers from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Who founded New Hampshire?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Settlers from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Who founded Rhode Island?
William Bradford
John Winthrop
Thomas Hooker
Settlers from Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Who founded Virginia?
John Smith
Lord Baltimore
Group of 8 nobles
James Oglethorpe
Who founded Maryland?
John Smith
Lord Baltimore
Group of 8 nobles
James Oglethorpe
Who founded The Carolinas?
John Smith
Lord Baltimore
Group of 8 nobles
James Oglethorpe
Who founded Georgia?
John Smith
Lord Baltimore
Group of 8 nobles
James Oglethorpe
Pilgrims wanted.....and had a.... choose 2
to separate from the Anglican Church
low social status
more social status than the pilgrims
a pure form of their religion
Puritans wanted.....and had a.... choose 2
to separate from the Anglican Church
low social status
more social status than the pilgrims
a more pure form of their religion
Roanoke was the...
first Settlement in the new world
Only settlement in new world and was founded by Christopher Columbus
Worst place ever
Last settlement in the new world
What happened to Roanoke? Choose 2
People left in city and a boat went back to get
supplies
The boat didn’t come back for years
It was the most successful settlement
John Rolfe started growing tobacco
In Roanoke, when the boat returned after many years...
The natives killed the settlers
There was a full settlement
everything was gone (people and buildings). The only thing left was the word Croaton carved into wood.
Roanoke had sank and they never found the land
Choose 3 theories on what happened to Roanoke
The colonists traveled to Croatoan Island
the colonists were taken hostage or killed by the Spanish
The colonists starved to death or were lost at sea
They went to England and kept it a secret
They were never there in the first place
Choose 2 theories on what happened to Roanoke
They became part of the Native American tribe, but the original natives turned on them and killed them
A sea serpent ate them
The colonists were killed by disease
The Village was destroyed by a huge storm
Plymouth was made up of mainly...
Puritans
Pilgrims
Powhatan
Americans
What was the Mayflower?
A type of flower
a type of religion
The first colony
The boat the Pilgrims came on but didn’t land
in the right spot
In Plymouth the...
The first spring was very cold
The first winter didn't kill anyone
First cold winter caused about 1⁄2 of the
pilgrims to die
They all died
The Pilgrims.... choose 2
Went to Jamestown and stole tobacco
Tried to kill the Pokanoket
Made friendship with Native Americans
(Pokanoket Indians)
Indians taught the pilgrims to grow crops and the Pilgrims helped them defeat another rival tribe with their muskets
The first Thanksgiving was held to...
celebrate the partnership between the Pilgrims and Pokanoket
celebrate the new colony
honor Pocahontas
eat lots of food
The Mayflower Compact was the...
A type of crop
First governing document in the Plymouth Colony
Boat the pilgrims built
New colony in Mexico
John Smith was the first leader of Jamestown. What was his motto?
"He who that will work shall not eat"
"He who that will not eat shall not work"
"He who that will not work shall not eat"
"He who that will eat birds shall not eat birds"
Why was Jamestown known as a boom town?
It exploded
It was the 1st town with biggest growth
It was the only town in the world to survive without food
It was the last town with smallest growth
In Jamestown, what was the starving time?
When nobody died during the winter
When many died from hunger, illness, and Indian attacks
When people could only find grass and mud to eat
When the Indians invaded Jamestown
John Rolfe started planting tobacco. Why was this important to Jamestown? Choose 2
2 years later, it was growing everywhere and helped Jamestown be successful
they could eat it, and the starving time was over
The pollution went away
started the use of slaves
The English colonists in Jamestown were...
Held the first Thanksgiving with the Pokanoket
Very nice to the native Americans and shared everything with them
not nice to the Native Americans, they captured their chief
Always cranky and didn't want to do work
John Rolfe married Pocahontas, and used her....
for advertisement to get other English to come
to get secret information from the Native Americans
As a translator
To help him grow tobacco
The Salem Witch Trials happened in the...
The new colony
very religious Puritan Culture
Not religious Puritan Culture
1800's
During the Salem Witch Trials.... choose 2
Girls got sick and complained of getting pinched and pains...
....doctors blamed it on witchcraft
...doctors blamed the native Americans
Girls were healthy and complained of never getting sick....
During the Salem Witch Trails, girls started to... choose 2
...as a result, the colony became abandoned.
flee the colony....
accuse people of witchcraft....
...as a result, 100 people got arrested and 19 were hanged.
Theories of what caused the Salem Witch Trails: choose 4
Disease
Jealousy
Strict Rules
Strict Adherence (attachment or commitment)
Mysterious Murders
Pilgrims come to New World
1620
1732
1612
1801
Mayflower returns to England
August, 1625
February, 1623
April, 1621
July, 1701
Crossing Atlantic Ocean, eventually going to what would be Jamestown
1908
1620
1610
1599
20,000 settlers were in Jamestown
1640 + 30 years
1614 + 26 years
1673 + 11 years
1703 + 60 years
Wealthiest city in New England....
Washington
Waukesha
Plymouth
Boston
Markets were important in the middle region....choose 2
Buy food
To trade and make money
Sell art
Hunt animals
Plants they grew in the Southern region... choose 3
maize
Tabaco
Rice
Indigo
Major city in Southern Region
Hartford
New York
Charleston
Boston
Why was Delaware founded?
Religious and political freedom for Quakers
Both religious freedom and economic opportunity
Economic Opportunities
Why was Pennsylvania founded?
Religious and political freedom for Quakers
Both religious freedom and economic opportunity
Economic Opportunities
Why were New Jersey and New York founded?
Religious and political freedom for Quakers
Both religious freedom and economic opportunity
Economic Opportunities
Why were Virginia and The Carolinas founded?
Economic Opportunities
Religious and political freedom for Catholics
Economic opportunities for debtors. A defensive buffer.
Why was Maryland founded?
Economic Opportunities
Religious and political freedom for Catholics
Economic opportunities for debtors. A defensive buffer.
Why was Georgia founded?
Economic Opportunities
Religious and political freedom for Catholics
Economic opportunities for debtors. A defensive buffer.
Why were Connecticut and Rhode Island founded?
Religious and political freedom
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom for the pilgrims
Religious freedom for the puritans
Why was Massachusetts (Plymouth)founded?
Religious and political freedom
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom for the pilgrims
Religious freedom for the puritans
Why was Massachusetts Bay founded?
Religious and political freedom
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom for the pilgrims
Religious freedom for the puritans
Why was New Hampshire founded?
Religious and political freedom
Economic opportunities
Religious freedom for the pilgrims
Religious freedom for the puritans
