World History 7th Grade Chapter 4

Pacifists

Pacifists are individuals who oppose the use of violence and war, advocating for peace.

What people were pacifists

The Quakers

Who founded Massachusetts

Pilgrims

First settlement by pilgrims and when

Plymouth- 1620

Who founded Pennsylvania

William Penn

What was Pennsylvania’s first settlement and when

Philadelphia - 1682

Who founded Virginia

Virginia company of London

What was Virginia’s first settlement and when

Jamestown- 1607

Why was Massachusetts founded

Religious freedom

Why was Connecticut founded

Religious freedom

Why was Rhode Island founded

Religious freedom

Why was New Hampshire founded

Religious freedom

Why was Pennsylvania founded

Religious freedom

Why was Delaware founded

At first the swedes came to Delaware for money but then William Penn took over the Delaware Colony and made them turn to religious freedom and then the sweets took back over Delaware returning to wanting to be there for money

Why was New York founded

Money

Why was New Jersey founded

Money

How did the New England colonies make money

Fishing, hunting, and lumber

What is subsistence farming and which colony did this

Farming for only your family, New England

How did the middle colonies make money

Staple crops such as wheat, cash crops such as cotton and tobacco, and small businesses such as Taylor's Carpenters blacksmiths and the shipping industry

How and why did the New England colony meet up

They met up with Town meetings and the reason they did this was because the communities were small

How and why did the middle colonies meet up

Town meetings because everyone was close and everyone made their own rules

How come the middle colonies had Town meetings and made their own rules

The middle colonies had both because they took from the New England and southern colonies since they were in the middle and the New England colonies used to have Town meetings in the southern colonies had everyone make their own rules