| A | B |
|---|
| New England Colonies | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania,Delaware, New Jersey |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland,Virginia, N.Carolina, S.Carolina, Georgia |
| What type of gov't was found in all of the colonies? | democratic |
| What was an example of a democratic gov't in New England? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| economy of New England colonies | trading, fishing, shipbuilding |
| religion of New England colonies | Puritans |
| Puritan | Protestant who wanted to KEEP the Church of England |
| What type of democratic gov't was set up in the middle colonies? | a REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY accepted or rejected laws made up by a council of advisors |
| economy of middle colonies | farming - grew lots of GRAINS |
| nickname of middle colonies and WHY | breadbasket colonies - grew a lot of grains |
| religion found in the middle colonies | Protestant, Quakers |
| Quaker | Protestant reformer who believed men and women were equal, saw no need for priests or ministers, wouldn't pay taxes to the Church of England |
| In the Southern colonies, who had the right to vote? | land owners |
| economy of the southern colonies | fishing, seafood, farming (TOBACCO) |
| religion in the southern colonies | Catholics, Protestants |
| Act of Toleration | gave religious freedom to all Christians (didn't protect the Jews) |
| Why did the colonists leave England? | to find gold, religious freedom, own land |
| Anne Hutchinson | devout churchgoer from New England who was banished after discussing sermons |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island Colony after argument with J.Williams |
| first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony | John Winthrop |
| governor of New York | Peter Stuyvesant |
| New York was originally named: | New Netherland |
| Lord Baltimore | great leader who organized and ran the Maryland Colony |
| Nathanial Bacon | lead farmers to raid Native American villages - was eventually killed, his followers hung |
| One conflict in the SouthernColonies was when the Spanish invaded_______ | Georgia |
| Georgia was once part of ______ - Oglethorpe named it Georgia | S.Carolina |
| Roanoke | England's first attempt at colonizing - failed, everyone in the colony disappeared |
| Why was Jamestown's location a problem? | swampy area - difficulty growing crops, flooding |
| How were insects a problem in Jamestown? | mosquitos brought malaria |
| How did John Smith help Jamestown during the "starving time"? | set up strict rules about food consumption and production |
| What crop became a "cash crop" for Jamestown? | tobacco |
| What was the representative gov't in Jamestown? | House of Burgesses |
