13 Colonies CLOZE 44-51 + Full Set

Define the word "persecution."

This word means to attack someone based on who they are or what they believe.

Migration is often caused by _.

Persecution

Define the word "religion."

This word means the belief in a god or spirits.

A _ shows the order in which events happened.

timeline

What does the prefix "chrono-" refer to?

time

Define the words "chronological order."

This word means that things are organized based on the time when they happened.

Slaves arrived the European settlers arrived.

after

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving _ the Puritans arrived.

before

Some European settlers came to North America to earn .

money

The Puritans and Pilgrims came for .

religious freedom

Poor Europeans came to have a _.

better life

Africans came because of ___.

slavery

True or False: Studying American history helps us understand things happening in America today.

True

Define the term "natural resource."

This word means something we can use to live that comes from nature (gold, silver, wood, water, animals, plants, etc.).

English __ wanted North American natural resources to get rich.

merchants

First, the merchants set up ___ in North America.

colonies

Second, the merchants sent people to look for ___.

gold and silver

When they didn't find gold and silver, the merchants sent settlers to in the colonies. They traded different natural resources.

live and work

True or False: Life was easy for the colonists that migrated to North America.

False

The settlers survived because the _ helped them.

Native Americans

The Virginia Colony obtained more settlers by promising _ for poor Europeans.

land

The settlers grew __ and the merchants became rich.

tobacco

English people living in ENGLAND participated in government by electing .

representatives

English people living in NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES wanted _ in government, too.

representation

The colonies to the North are called the .

New England Colonies

The colonies to the South are called the .

Southern Colonies

The colonies in between the New England and Southern Colonies are called the _.

Middle Colonies

The _ created the New England Colonies.

Puritans

The _ created the first colony in the Middle Colonies

Dutch

Jobs in the cities of the Middle Colonies attracted many .

young people from farms

Another religious group came the North America and created the colony of _.

Pennsylvania

The farms in the Southern Colonies were _ than the farms in other colonies.

much bigger

The big farms in the Southern Colonies made the owners very _.

rich

So many people lived on the big farms in the South that there were like .

small cities

The African slaves grew _ on the big farms in the South.

tobacco and rice

merchants controlled the slave trade.

European

Which North American colonies had slaves?

All of the English colonies in North America had slaves.

__ of the slaves worked on big farms in the Southern Colonies.

most

African _ led slave revolts on the ships taking them from Africa.

women

Slaves fought slavery by _ cities in the Southern Colonies.

burning

Africans worked hard to keep their _.

culture

Many slaves tried to __ to different parts of North America where slavery was illegal.

escape

There were many on the big farms where slaves killed the slave holders.

revolts

White Southerners often lived in _ of slave revolts.

fear

The history of slavery continues to affect relationships between white and black people __.

today

To persecute (v)

to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs

Religion (n)

a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny

Religious freedom (n)

The right to practice your religion and change your religion

Merchants (n)

people who buy and sell things

Mercantilism (n)

a way nations earned a lot of money. Mother country uses resources of colonies to sell manufactured things to the colonies.

Settlers (n)

People who move to a new place where no one lives

Colony (n)

An area outside of a country that is ruled by that country.

Starvation (n)

Suffering from extreme hunger

Permanent (adj)

forever

Representatives (n)

the people in government who make decisions for the people who elect them

To elect (v)

To vote for someone

House of Burgesses (n)

the group of people in Virginia Colony that made laws

Representative government (n)

a government where the leaders are elected to represent voters. The USA has a representative government.

Pilgrims (n)

Colonists that arrived in North America on the boat named "Mayflower"

Colonists (n)

people from one country that move to another area controlled by their government.

Passengers (n)

people on a boat

Self-government (n)

a government that gets power from the people it governs

To govern (v)

to lead or be in charge of a country

Puritans (n)

A group of colonists that came to North America wanting religious freedom

Massachusetts Bay Company (n)

A business that paid for colonists to come to North America. The company paid for the colony. The company traded with colonists and became wealthy.

to persecute (v)

to treat someone badly because of political, religious, or other differences

To create (v)

To build or make something

To attract (v)

to pull toward

Plantations (n)

Large farms in the southern colonies. Plantations were successful because they used enslaved labor.

Slaves (n)

People who are owned and forced to work by someone else.

Slave trade (n)

The business of buying and selling enslaved people

To kidnap (v)

To take away a person by force

Property (n)

Something that is owned by someone

Permission (n)

when you are allowed to do something (May I go to the bathroom? Yes, you have .)

Cruel (adj)

painful. To be cruel means to act in a way that hurts someone.