nickname for the middle colonies due to the huge amounts of grain, wheat, and barley that were exported

a theory in which a nation becomes strong by keeping strict control over its trade

Name used for Puritan government in MA due to the fact they were very strict followers of their religion

Identify the item that does not belong with the New England colonies:

Which of these features made the southern colonies unique?

People in the new England, middle, & southern colonies had to adapt to different ways of life because:

•Formal document issued by the king

•outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries

•determines how a colony is governed

Form of government where people have power to rule themselves often through elected representatives

The ________________ started the colony of Pennsylvania.

The Quakers were looking for freedom to practice religion without the fear of ________________.

•wealthy lawyer who represented the Puritans

•believed MA Bay would set an example to the world

•first governor of MA Bay Colony

The separatists shared ___________________ beliefs.

religious group who lived in the MA Bay colony in the 1630s

•wanted a simpler or more pure form of worship

•led migration to MA

agreement written & signed by the Pilgrims describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

major reason Puritans decided to move to Massachusetts bay colony

The _____________ were called Pilgrims because they traveled for religious reasons.

After a long & grueling journey across the Atlantic, the Pilgrims landed in ______________, near Cape Cod.

The ______________ indian tribe taught the pilgrims how to plant crops, trap animals, & catch fish.

In 1621, the Pilgrims invited the Wampanoag tribe to share their first harvest in a three day feast we still hold today in November. The feast is called…

When Roger Williams was accused of having dangerous beliefs, what happened to him?

•Puritan woman who found refuge in RI

•thought people should speak to God on their own

•became an important symbol of the struggle for religious freedom

•young Puritan minister who thought the church had too much power governing the colony

•wanted church to be separate from government

•settled RI

business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves

What name did the Puritans give to Rhode Island due to the actions of slave traders?

•Puritan minister who helped form the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

•led his congregation from MA to CT

•founded CT

•left MA Bay – thought government had too much power

•Thomas Hooker helped draw up the first written plan for governing Connecticut called the…

The English took control of New Netherland and renamed the colony _________________.

New York was named in honor of its proprietor, James, the Duke of _________.

established the colony of New Jersey

Even though the wealthy landlords in New York approved of the Duke’s methods for governing, what did the farmers, fishers, & tradespeople want for their government?

owner

•Protestant reformers

•also called “the Society of Friends”

•believed men and women were equal

•did not believe in slavery

•despised religious group

meaning of Philadelphia

•founded PA (1681)

•elected first governor of PA

•joined the Quakers @ age 22

WILLIAM PENN NAMED PENNSYLVANIA IN HONOR OF…

The Act Concerning Religion allowed all _________________ to settle in Maryland.

His given name was Cecil, but also went by what other name?

•disliked the Puritans

•King of England

•succeeded his father, James I

•cancelled Puritan business charters

•1649

•MD allowed all Christians to settle in the colony

•protected religious freedom for all Christians

•MD had trouble getting people to come to their land

THE ECONOMY OF VIRGINIA WAS BASED ON _______________.

WHY WERE AFRICAN SLAVES NOT RELEASED FROM SERVICE LIKE INDENTURED SERVANTS WERE?

signed contracts to work without wages for 4-7 years in return for free passage to the colonies

•people who owed money that they could not pay back

•found refuge in GA- Oglethorpe offered to pay so these people could travel

•founded GA in 1732

•He wanted GA to be a place where debtors could have a fresh start.

•a plant used to make a valuable blue dye

•southern Carolina

Maryland was founded as a _____________________ colony.

goods brought into a country

•goods shipped to markets outside a country

a willingness to let/allow others practice their own beliefs

What did all of the New England colonies have in common?

What discouraged people from settling in New York?

Why did the king approve of the Georgia colony plan?

Which of these is NOT a New England colony?

Which of these is NOT a Middle colony?

Which of these is NOT a southern colony?