HPMS Unit 4: Colonial America Knowt

Who settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Puritans

What was England's first attempt at establishing a colony in America?

Roanoke Island

What two reasons were there for England's foundation of the colonies?

Religious and Economic

Separatists from Plymouth are also called _________________.

Pilgrims

Which three colonies were established to escape religious persecution?

Massachusetts Bay

Plymouth

Pennsylvania

Why did Jamestown finally succeed as an economic venture? (What did they grow?)

They grew and sold tobacco

Who tried to establish Roanoke (the Lost Colony)?

Sir Walter Raleigh

List the three colonies established for economic reasons.

Roanoke, Georgia, Jamestown

Georgia was the last colony as was founded by ________________.

Debtors

Who settled Jamestown?

Virginia Company of London

Who settled Pennsylvania?

Quakers

Which was not one of the original 13 colonies: Delaware, Massachusetts, Georgia, Florida?

Florida

What are the four New England colonies?

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

What are the four Mid-Atlantic colonies?

New York

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Delaware

What did the southern colonies rely on? (list three)

Cash crops, slave labor,

humid climate

What were the major cash crops?

Indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton

Fishing, shipbuilding and naval supplies are associated with which region ________.

New England

Which colonies had the most diverse lifestyles and religions?

Mid-Atlantic

What climate did the Mid-Atlantic colonies have that made it suitable for growing corn, wheat and raising livestock?

Moderate and mild

List three characteristics of the Mid-Atlantic colonies.

Rich farmland, diversity and

market towns

List three characteristics of the Southern colonies.

Slaves, indentured servants, tobacco, plantations

List three characteristics of the New England colonies.

Rocky soil, fishing, town meetings

What are cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco?

Cash crops

Who could not vote in the colonies?

Women, slaves and indentured servants and free blacks

What is another name for craftsmen?

artisan

Generally, who is the only group of people who could vote in the colonies?

White men who owned land

Who was captured in Africa and owned as property for life?

Enslaved people

Which group of people worked in every colony and used their families for labor?

Farmers

Who lived predominantly in the South and owned slaves and indentured servants?

Large landowners

What group of people worked without pay for a period of time to pay off their passage to America?

Indentured servants

Who worked to buy and sell goods to the colonists?

merchants

Why did England begin to tax the colonies?

To pay for French and Indian War

List the 3 ways England controlled the economic conditions in the colonies.

-Strict control over trade

-Made colonies buy goods from England

-Taxed them to pay for French and Indian War

Who enforced English laws and monitored colonial legislatures?

Royal Colonial Governors

List the three ways England was able to tighten political control over its colonies.

- Made colonists obey English laws enforced by royal governors

- Had king appoint colonial governors

- Had governors monitor the colonial legislatures