WorksheetsComparing the Colonies
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
2 reasons why settlers wanted to move and settle in North America
To gain wealth/ Gold
To go on vacation
For Religious Freedom (To escape the King’s Church of England)
To start their own government.
The Puritans moved to the New World because _
They wanted to vote for a new king
Better jobs
Religious Freedom
Escape their debts
The Southern Region was founded as a place...
where debtors could escape their debts
to own slaves
for people wanting to grow cash crops
freedom of religion
Cash crops are...
crops that are made of cash
crops that are worth a lot of money
crops that only the king could sell
crops that did not make a lot of money
Who were banished and kicked out of Massachusetts because they disagreed with the Puritans?
William Bradford
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
John Smith
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roger Williams
Banished from Massachusetts
Wanted religious freedom
Founded Rhode Island
Did not want to follow the strict rules of the Puritan faith
None of these answers describe Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson -
Founded the Colony of Rhode Island
Banished from Massachusetts
Did not want to follow the strict rules of the Puritan faith
Wanted to start her own Puritan church
The middle colonies...
Known as the breadbasket colony
grew lots of wheat
Grew lots of corn
wanted religious freedom
Harsh winters and a short growing season
New England colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Hot Summers, Mild winters, and a long growing season
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Cold Winters and Warm Summers
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern colonies
Rocky soil, many trees for lumber, access to the sea
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern colonies
Better soil for growing grains, but still a short growing season, access to the sea
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Very fertile soil (Great nutrients) for growing LOTS of crops
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Why was plantation farming (Cash Crops) found in the southern region?
long growing season
very fertile soil
Access to the sea
Harsh winters
Mild Winters
Why were slaves from Africa brought over to the Southern Colonies?
Large plantations
Large acres of land
More land needs more workers
Ship building, lumber, fishing
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Growing grains, trading
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Cash crops, Large farms (Cotton, Tobacco, Indigo)
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
The people of the colonies get to decide what goods they make AND how much to sell them for
Governmental System
Free Enterprise System
Self - government
Democratic practice
Where was shipbuilding a major economic activity?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
An Economic Region is
How they make their money/ Jobs
All regions have this in common
Indentured Servants
People who promised to work for a certain amount of time
Without payment
Exchanged work for a free passage to the New World
People who paid to work in the colonies
What was the first law- making Body in North America?
Virginia Company
The Virginia Passage
Free Enterprise System
House of Burgesses
What was the name of the Document that was signed by the men on the Mayflower as the first form of self- Government?
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgeses
Thanksgiving feast
Peace Treaty
