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13 coloines
ss test 11/7/14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What was the main reason people moved to New England? | Religious freedom |
| What was the government in Connecticut called? | The Fundamental order of Connecticut |
| Who is the founder of Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| What was the middle passage? | A way to transport slaves |
| What was the environment like in the New England colonies? | It was rocky, cold soil, and they would only grow what they needed to survive |
| Why was Road Island founded? | Religious tolerance |
| What were all the middle colonies? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware |
| Who wrote the 95 these? | Marten Luther |
| Describe the interment in the southern colonies? | Hot, fertile soil, and farming for profit |
| What colony were founded for religious reasons? | Pennsylvania |
| What was the government of MBC called? | The General Court |
| What were the colonies that broke away from MBC? | Road Island and Connecticut |
| What is a Debtor? | a person that owes people money and cant afford to pay it back |
| A Catholic colony? | Maryland |
| where did the Quakes go? | Pennsylvania |
| What was the reason to settle in Georgia? | As a place for Debtors to go to start anew place to make money |
| Who founded Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| Who founded Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| Who founded Massachusetts Bay Colony? | John Winthrop |
| Who founded Road Island? | Roger Williams |
| Who founded Maryland? | Lord Baltimore |
| wich colones were free to practic religon? | Pennsylvania, Road Island and Connecticut |
| What were Indentured servants? | People who agreed to work without pay for some time in return for passage into the colonies |
| The middle colonies nick name? | The bread basket colonies |
| What were the southern colony? | Maryland, Virgina, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
| What were the Middle colonies? | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware |