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13 Colonies Test
Everything to know about the 13 colonies.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the Geographical Region of Virginia | Southern |
| What was the Geographical Region of Massachusetts | New England |
| What was the Geographical Region of Maryland | Southern/Middle |
| What was the Geographical Region of New York | New England |
| What was the Geographical Region of Rhode Island | New England |
| What was the Geographical Region of Connecticut | New England |
| What was the Geographical Region of New Hampshire | New England |
| What was the Geographical Region of Delaware | Middle |
| What was the Geographical Region of North Carolina | Southern |
| What was the Geographical Region of South Carolina | Southern |
| What was the Geographical Region of New Jersey | Middle |
| What was the Geographical Region of Pennsylvania | Middle |
| What was the Geographical Region of Georgia | Southern |
| Establishment # of the Virginia Colony in Colonial America? | 1 |
| Establishment # of the Massachusetts Colony in Colonial America? | 3 |
| Establishment # of the Maryland Colony in Colonial America? | 4 |
| Establishment # of the New York Colony in Colonial America? | 2 |
| Establishment # of the Rhode Island Colony in Colonial America? | 5 |
| Establishment # of the Connecticut Colony in Colonial America? | 6 |
| Establishment # of the New Hampshire Colony in Colonial America? | 7 |
| Establishment # of the Delaware Colony in Colonial America? | 8 |
| Establishment # of the North Carolina Colony in Colonial America? | 9 |
| Establishment # of the South Carolina Colony in Colonial America? | 10 |
| Establishment # of the New Jersey Colony in Colonial America? | 11 |
| Establishment # of the Pennsylvania Colony in Colonial America? | 12 |
| Establishment # of the Georgia Colony in Colonial America? | 13 |
| Who founded the Virginia colony? | London Company and Captain John Smith |
| Who founded the Massachusetts colony? | MB= Pilgrims("Separatists) PR= John Winthrop and John Carver |
| Who founded the Maryland colony? | Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and other colonists |
| Who founded the New York colony? | Peter Minuit (The Duke of New York) |
| Who founded the Rhode Island colony? | Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
| Who founded the Connecticut colony? | Thomas Hooker |
| Who founded the New Hampshire colony? | John Mason and John Wheelwright |
| Who founded the Delaware colony? | Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company |
| Who founded the North Carolina colony? | Virginia Colonists(i.e. Lords Proprietors and the charter of Carolina) |
| Who founded the South Carolina colony? | King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as the Lords Proprietors. |
| Who founded the New Jersey colony? | Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret |
| Who founded the Pennsylvania colony? | William Penn |
| Who founded the Georgia colony? | James Oglethrop |
| Why was the Virginia colony founded? | To find gold, expand trade(i.e. Economic History), and to find remote and heathen lands |
| Why was the Massachusetts colony founded? | MB= Religious freedom PR=To avoid persecution and to have religious freedom |
| Why was the Maryland colony founded? | Religious freedom as a refuge (i.e. shelter) for Catholics |
| Why was the New York colony founded? | For trading purposes(i.e. posts=markets) furs and profits |
| Why was the Rhode Island colony founded? | Anne Hutchinson was banished for fighting for women's rights-women should have leadership roles/positions with the church, wanted separation between the church and the state, |
| Why was the Connecticut colony founded? | Political Freedom, Religious freedom, and Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts Bay |
| Why was the New Hampshire colony founded? | For profit from trade |
| Why was the Delaware colony founded? | Trade profit (i.e fur, coal, and iron) |
| Why was the North Carolina colony founded? | Profit from trade and selling land |
| Why was the South Carolina colony founded? | Profit from trade and selling land |
| Why was the New Jersey colony founded? | Selling land profit |
| Why was the Pennsylvania colony founded? | Quakers(members of the Religious Society of Friends), needed freedom from Great Britain. |
| Why was the Georgia colony founded? | Relief for the poor, as a buffer between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas. Also for religious freedom, protection against Spanish Florida and as a haven for debtors (i.e. Jails) |
| What major cities are in the Virginia colony? | Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Richmond(still the capital today) |
| What major cities are in the Massachusetts colony? | Boston, Quincy, Plymouth, Salem, Lexington and Concord |
| What major cities are in the Maryland colony? | Baltimore and Annapolis |
| What major cities are in the New York colony? | New York City, New Amsterdam, and Albany(capital of NY) |
| What major cities are in the Rhode Island colony? | Providence, Newport, Pawtucket, Warwick, Cranston, and Woonsocket |
| What major cities are in the Connecticut colony? | Hartford and New Haven |
| What major cities are in the New Hampshire colony? | Dover, Exeter and Concord |
| What major cities are in the Delaware colony? | Wilmington |
| What major cities are in the North Carolina colony? | Raleigh |
| What major cities are in the South Carolina colony? | Charleston |
| What major cities are in the New Jersey colony? | Trenton and Princeton |
| What major cities are in the Pennsylvania colony? | Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York |
| What major cities are in the Georgia colony? | Savannah |
| Where did the Virginia colony get its name from? | Queen Elizabeth I the "Virgin Queen" |
| Where did the Massachusetts colony get its name from? | the american-Indian tribe Algonquian tribes, which means “at large hill place|at the great hill” |
| Where did the Maryland colony get its name from? | King Charles I of England’s wife, Queen Henrietta maria just to honor her (Mary’s land) |
| Where did the New York colony get its name from? | It was named after its founder, The Duke Of York. |
| Where did the Rhode Island colony get its name from? | was originally named Roodt (i.e. Red) Eylandt (i.e. island) meaning red island because of the red clay that lined the shore |
| Where did the Connecticut colony get its name from? | It got its name from the Native Indian phrase meaning “river whose water is driven by tides or winds.” |
| Where did the New Hampshire colony get its name from? | It got its name from Hampshire, New England |
| Where did the Delaware colony get its name from? | It got its name from Thomas West during the Lord De La Warr war and from the Delaware river |
| Where did the North Carolina colony get its name from? | The state was named in honor King Charles IX of France and then King Charles I and King Charles II of England: the Latin word Carolus, translated as Charles |
| Where did the South Carolina colony get its name from? | The state was named in honor King Charles IX of France and then King Charles I and King Charles II of England: the Latin word Carolus, translated as Charles |
| Where did the New Jersey colony get its name from? | It was named after the British Island of Jersey |
| Where did the Pennsylvania colony get its name from? | From William Penn hence the last name Penn |
| Where did the Georgia colony get its name from? | It was named after King George II of England |
| What major industries are in the Virginia colony? | agriculture (i.e. tobacco=cash crop) |
| What major industries are in the Massachusetts colony? | Agriculture (i.e. fishing near the water/bay/coast) and Manufacturing (i.e. Lumbering, SHIPBUILDING, breweries= Rum) |
| What major industries are in the Maryland colony? | Agriculture (i.e. Corn and wheat) |
| What major industries are in the New York colony? | Flax and Hemp Farms for the textiles(clothing), Trade(i.e. Timber, Fur) and agriculture (i.e. Corn, Beans, Squash, Wheat, Livestock/Cattle) |
| What major industries are in the Rhode Island colony? | agriculture(i.e. Livestock, Hake, bass) fishing(Cod Maracrel, and whaling) |
| What major industries are in the Connecticut colony? | Ship building and rum exports |
| What major industries are in the New Hampshire colony? | agriculture/ small farms (i.e potatoes, fishing) and manufacturing (i.e. shipbuilding) |
| What major industries are in the Delaware colony? | Agriculture (i.e; Grain, wheat) |
| What major industries are in the North Carolina colony? | Tobacco plantations, agriculture and they traded slaves |
| What major industries are in the South Carolina colony? | Cotton plantation, agriculture and they traded slaves |
| What major industries are in the New Jersey colony? | Agriculture (i.e. cattle, grain, rice, indigo (dye) and wheat Beans squash pumpkins blueberries barley oats vegetables fruit cattle/livestock) and Manufacturing (i.e. iron ore works= Plows, Kettles, Locks, nails, blocks of iron.) |
| What major industries are in the Pennsylvania colony? | Flax and hemp farms, the textile industry, agriculture (i.e. corn and wheat), and livestock/cattle. Some included the production of iron ore, lumber, furs, and shipbuilding. |
| What major industries are in the Georgia colony? | Agriculture. (i.e. Indigo, sugar and some rice) |
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Ryan Tietjen
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