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13 Colonies JEI 5th
New England, Middle and Southern Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New England colony founded by John Winthrop | Massachusetts |
| New England colony founded by Roger Williams | Rhode Island |
| New England colony founded by Thomas Hooker | Connecticut |
| The land in this New England colony was granted to Captain John Mason who lived in Hampshire, England. | New Hampshire |
| This group of people came to New England so they could make the practices of the Church of England more "pure". | Puritans |
| Puritan life was very strict and if rules were broken people were punished by being placed in the _______________ in the middle of town. | stocks |
| The New England colonies had a ______________________ government where leaders were elected voted on laws | representative |
| This was the legislature of the New England colonies. | General Court |
| Lumbering, shipbuilding, fur trading, fishing and whaling were all important to the economic growth of which colonies | New England |
| These colonies had rocky land, mountains, forests, cold harsh winters, water rich with fish and whales, and fur for trading. | New England |
| New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania are all a part of which colonies? | Middle |
| The founder of Pennsylvania who believed all people should get along peacefully. | William Penn |
| What was the major religious group of the Middle colonies? | Quakers |
| This woman was arrested for speaking out against the puritan religion and forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay colony. | Anne Hutchinson |
| This minister believed that people should be allowed to worship how they wanted and was banned and forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay colony. He founded Rhode Island | Roger Williams |
| The frame of government for this colony gave us our first freedoms of speech and religion and trial by jury. | Pennsylvania |
| The name of the legislature in the Pennsylvania colony. | General Assembly |
| Which religious group believed in the equal treatment of everyone? | Quakers |
| This group of colonies is also known as the "bread basket" because of the crops that were grown to make breads. | Middle Colonies |
| These colonies had a moderate winter with a longer growing season with many hills and flat land with good soil. | Middle Colonies |
| These colonies were rich in iron ore and water. They also built ships, traded fur, lumber and salted meat. | Middle Colonies |
| Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia are all a part of which colonial region | Southern Colonies |
| Tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo were all grown on plantations in which colonial region? | Southern Colonies |
| Which colony was founded by Cecelius Calvert? | Marylandq |
| Maryland was founded by Lord Baltimore in order to provide a safe place for ____________ to practice their religion | Catholics |
| Which cash crop grew well in Maryland? | Tobacco |
| Which leader established Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| Which colony was established so that debtors would have a chance to start a new life? | Georgia |
| What was the 1st representative government in the New World called? | House of Burgesses |
| What is the name of the Lost Colony? | Roanoke |
| Roanoke was established by whom? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| What was the name of the first PERMANENT English settlement in North America? | Jamestown |
| Why was Jamestown founded? | to find gold and get rich |
| Who made the rule; If you don't work you don't eat? | John Smith |
| The land at Jamestown was _____________ and not good for farming | swampy |
| The settlers in Jamestown who were not used to hard work were known as: | Gentlemen |
| Who would work without pay for 4-7 years in exchange for passage to the New World? | Indentured Servants |
| Who created a successful method for growing tobacco in the Jamestown colony? | John Rolfe |
| Which law making body made the laws for the Jamestown colony? | the House of Burgesses |
| Plymouth colony was established by ___________ in order to have _____________ freedom. | Pilgrims, religious |
| What was the Pilgrims plan of government? | The Mayflower Compact |
| The Mayflower compact was written for two reasons. Name them. | keep order and govern themselves |
| Who was the first governer of Plymouth? | William Bradford |
| Where was the Plymouth colony? | Cape Cod Massachusetts |
| The Pilgrims of Plymouth were also known as __________________. | Separatists |
| Over _________________ the Pilgrims died in the first winter in the Plymouth colony. | half |
| Who taught the Pilgirms how to fish and plant corn (name). | Squanto |