Unit 2 Stations: The English Colonies in America
Name _________________________________
Station ___ Comparing the Colonies: Use the chart to answer the questions below.
1. Which colonies depended on tobacco farming? VA, MD, NC, SC, GA . These 5 colonies were called
the SOUTHERN colonies.
2. What was an important industry in all the colonies? FISHING
All the colonies were able to have this industry because they were located near the WATER /
OCEAN.
3. How did growing indigo help southern farmers? THEY COULD SELL OR TRADE IT
4. Both the MIDDLE and SOUTHERN colonies would need to take crops to market.
5. How would settlers in ALL the colonies adapt to their environment? TREES=BUILD HOMES, FIRES;
WATER = FISH; HUNT FOOD & PLANT CROPS
6. In which colonies would it be easiest to adapt? Why? PROBABLY SOUTHERN – WARM CLIMATE
7. William Bradford was a colonial leader in the NEW ENGLAND / PLYMOUTH colonies.
8. In which colony was the House of Burgesses responsible for making laws? VIRGINIA
9. Colonists settled at Plymouth in order to have RELIGIOUS freedom.
Station ___ Comparing the Colonies:
MAINE
Station ___ William Bradford:
1. Label each colony.
2. Trace around each colony
New England = BLUE
Middle = ORANGE
Southern = GREEN
William Bradford
The Mayflower
Compact
SPAIN
3. Draw each symbol below
in the correct colonies.
wheat
What document
did I help write?
Plymouth Colony
fish
indigo
tobacco
I became governor
of what early
English colony?
Indians
lumber
shipbuilding
I built relationships
with who and
what was our first
celebration called?
For religious
freedom
Pilgrims & Puritans
debtors
all religions welcome
Thanksgiving
Why was the
Plymouth colony
established?
Thanksgiving
Station ___ Anne Hutchinson
Station ___ Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
1. She belonged to the PURITAN
religion.
2. She first lived in the colony of
MASSACHUSETTS.
3. She was charged with the crime of
HERESY which means her RELIGIOUS
opinions were not accepted by
others.
Station ___ William Penn
Roger Williams
1. He belonged to the PURITAN
Religion.
2. He moved from England to the colony
William Penn
1. He belonged to the
QUAKER religion.
of MASSACHUSETTS.
3. He was forced to leave the colony
because he believed that the
GOVERNMENT should be separate from
2. In England he was put in jail for his
radical PREACHING and he argued for
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
the CHURCH.
3. He established the colony of
4. He established the colony of RHODE
4. She and her family were forced to
PENNSYLVANIA.
ISLAND.
move from Boston to the colony of
4. The city of PHILADELPHIA welcomed
5. His colony allowed for complete
RHODE ISLAND.
people of all religions.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
5. She will be remembered for being
COURAGEOUS & DARED TO BE
6. He believed in religious TOLERATION
5. He believed that GOVERNMENT
DIFFERENT & WORSHIP IN HER WAY
should be separate from the church.
and that all people should be allowed to
6. Anne Hutchinson believed in
RELIGIOUS TOLERATION.
VOTE.
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All
three of these people shared a belief in RELIGIOUS TOLERATION (WELCOME ALL RELIGIONS)
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Station ___ Jamestown
1. Describe the fort built at Jamestown. TRIANGULAR-SHAPED AND BUILT OF WOOD
2. What motivated the settlers to build the fort? DEFEND AGAINST ATTACK FROM INDIANS
3. Why was tobacco an important crop at Jamestown? COULD ONLY GROW IN SOUTHERN COLONIES
Station ___ Comparing Native American Culture to Colonists’ Cultures
1. How do we express our culture?_CUSTOMS = LANGUAGE, APPEARANCE, RELIGION, FOOD
2. What are some Powhatan words that we use today? RACOON, OPPOSSUM, HICKORY, PECAN
3. Compare the clothes of Native Americans to those of Pilgrims. NATIVE = SKINS, FUR; COLONIST = LINEN, LEATHER
Station ___ Comparing Colonial Governments
LAW-MAKING BODIES OF COLONIAL AMERICA
NAME
PARLIAMENT & MONARCH
HOUSE OF BURGESSES
LOCATION ENGLAND
JAMESTOWN, VIRGINIA
MEMBERS M = KING/QUEEN
P = LANDOWNERS
HOW
M = TRADITION / INHERIT
CHOSEN
P = ELECTED
FUNCTION MAKE LAWS
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
PLYMOUTH COLONY
MALE LAND OWNERS
MALE PILGRIMS IN CHURCH
ELECTED
BY AGREEMENT
PROPOSE OR MAKE LAWS
MAKE LAWS AS NEEDED