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13 British Colonies
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Question | Answer |
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What colony is Virginia? | southern colony |
What colony is Plymouth Rock Massachusetts and Massachusetts Bay? | New England Colony's |
What colony is Delaware? | middle atlantic colony |
What Colony is New Jersey? | middle atlantic colony |
What colony is South and North Carolina? | southern colony's |
What colony is Rhode Island? | New England colony |
What colony is Pennsylvania? | middle atlantic colony |
What Colony is Maryland? | southern colony |
. What Colony is New York? | middle atlantic colony |
What colony is Georgia? | southern colony |
What colony is Connecticut? | new england colony |
What colony is New Hampshire? | new england colony |
Founder of Virginia? | John smith and The london company |
Founder of New Hampshire? | John Mason, John Wheelright and Fernando Gorges |
Founder of Plymouth Rock Massachusetts? | William Bradford, John Carver, and Sepratist pilgrims |
Founder of Massachusetts Bay? | John Withrop and other Puritans called the New england companies |
Founder of Delaware? | Peter Minuit (i.e The Sweden Company) |
Founder of North Carolina? | Eight British Nobles |
Founder of New York? | Duke of York, Peter Minuit ( i.e Dutch Settlers) |
Founder of South Carolina? | King Charles the Second |
Founder of Rhode Island? | Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson |
Founder of Maryland? | George Calvert |
Founder of Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
Founder of Pennsylvania? | Quaker William Penn |
Founder of New Jersey? | Sir George and Lord Berkely |
Founder of Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker and John Haynes |
Where did Virginia get its name? | Queen Elizabeth I ( i.e Virgin Queen) |
Where did Plymouth Rock Massachusetts get its name? | after the first town after their port of departure ( i.e The River Plym which opens up into a Bay or a mouth) |
Where did Massachusetts Bay get its name? | after the indigenous people ( i.e means large hill place or the great hill) |
Where did Maryland get its name? | to honor King Charles Wife Queen Henrietta |
How did New York get its name? | New Amsterdam was the original name but was then changed to New York in honor of the Duke of York who organized the mission of capturing New Amseterdam |
How was Rhode Island named? | origanally named by a man named Adrian Block who was a Dutch Explorer. He named the colony "Roodt Island" meaning "red island". It referred to the red clay that lined the shore. The name was later changed t |
How did Connecticut get its name? | -Connecticut got its naWhat are Connecticut's major industries?me from the Connecticut River which used to be named Quinnehtukqut. |
How did New Hampshire get its name? | from caotain John Masson after Hampshire, England |
How did North Carolina get its name? | in honor of his father Charles the first, carolina comes from Carolus, the latin form of Charles. |
How did New Jersey get its name? | in honor of Phillip Carteret who was the Govener of Jersey, a British Island in the English Channel, named after the British Island of Jersey |
How did Georgia get its name? | in honor of King George II of England |
What are Virginia's major industries? | Plantation Agriculture ( i.e tobacoo, wheat, corn) |
What were Plymouth Rock Massachusetts major industries? | Agriculture (corn, fishing, livestock,whaling) Manufacturing (lumbering and shipbuilding) |
What were Massachusetts Bay major industries? | Agriculture (fishing, corn, livestock), Manufacturing (i.e shipbuilding and lumbering) |
What were Maryland's major industries? | Entirely Plantation agriculture (hired african american slaves to do all the work) |
What were New York's major industries? | trade, manufacturing (ship building and ironworks) |
What are Rhode Island's major industries? | Farming and Fishing communities, agriculture (i.e grew many crops (corn, wheat) , manufacturing (lumbering) |
What are Connecticut's major industries? | Farming and Fishing communities, grew most of their food (wheat, corn) and shipped it to England. |
What are New Hampshire's major industries? | Large fishing and Farming community, would ship their crops to England (corn, wheat,potato) |
What are Delaware's major industries? | Agriculture (wheat, grains), Industrial (factories produced iron, paper, and textiles) traded with England as well. |
What are North/South Carolina's major industries? | Plantation Agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, sugar, cotton) (i.e African Slaves working on the Plantations) |
What are New jersey's Major industries? | manufacturing (ironworking and lumbering), Agriculture (cattle) |
What are Pennsylvania's major industries? | Agriculture (wheat) Also had factories that produced paper and textiles. Trade with England |
What are Georgia's major industries? | Agriculture (i.e indigo, rice, tobacco, sugar cane) |
What are the major cities for Virginia? | Jamestown, Williamsburg, Richmond |
What were Massachusetts Bays major cities? | Salem, Boston, Quincy, lexington, Concord, and Plymouth |
What were Maryland major cities? | Baltimore and Annapolis |
What were New York's major cities? | new York city and Albany |
What were Rhode Island's major cities? | providence, newport, Pawtucket, Warwick, Cranston |
What were Connecticut's major cities? | Hartford, New Haven, Windsor, Wethersfeild |
What were New Hampshire's major cities? | Concord, Exeter, Dover |
What is Delaware’s major cities? | Wilmington |
What were North Carolina’s major cities? | Raleigh |
What were South Carolina’s major cities? | Charleston |
What were New Jersey's major cities? | Trenton and Princeton |
What were Pennsylvania’s major cities? | Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York |
What were Georgia’s major cities? | Philadelphia, Lancaster, and York |
Virginas reasons for founding? | . To find gold (i.e to sell and make money) |
Plymouth Rocks reasons for founding? | Religious Freedom (i.e freedom from the New England Church and religion) |
Massachusetts Bay reasons for Founding? | Religious Freedom (i.e people who sought to purify and reform the Anglican church) |
Maryland reasons for founding? | Religious Freedom (i.e freedom for Catholics) |
New York's reason for founding? | Trade (i.e trade posts = and animal furs) (i.e opportunities for profit) |
Rhode Island's reasons for founding? | Religious Freedom |
Connecticut reasons for farming? | Religious Freedom and Political Freedom |
New Hampshire’s reason for trading? | Farming (i.e profit for trade and fishing) |
Delaware reason for trading? | Trade (i.e fur, coal, iron) |
North /South Carolina reason for trading? | Trade and Profit |
New Jerseys reason for trading? | Trade and Profit (i.e profit from trade and selling land) |
Pennsylvania’s reason for trading? | Religious Freedom (i.e for the quakers) |
Georgia’s reason for trading? | Relief and Protection (i.e relief for the poor english people, protection against spanish Florida) |