Team Polaris
American History
Name ________________
Date _________________
British Colonization Review Sheet
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1. One of the three major problems of Jamestown.
4. A cash crop of the Middle colonies.
6. The first permanent English settlement in the new world.
11. The voyage from Africa in which 10% of the passengers died was called the
___________.
12. Someone who works for their whole life and is never free is called a _________.
16. The French were allies with this Native American group who was the enemies of the
Iroquois.
17. Because the Jamestown settlers were always looking for gold and refused to plant
crops, they faced ______________.
18. This was one of the three major industries in the NE economy.
19. The nickname for the middle colonies is the _________ colonies.
20. Each group of colonies developed their economies around the _________ and
climate of the area.
21. The crop that saved Jamestown.
22. Someone who works for a certain amount of time and then is freed is called an
___________.
Down
2. Voters elect representatives to make laws for them
3. The belief that a country should export more than it imports is
called____________.
5. The economy of the _________ colonies depended on slavery.
7. Settlers in New England discussed and voted on many issues in their
____________.
8. A cash crop of the Southern colonies.
9. The Iroquois were enemies of this European country.
10. Crops that are sold for money at market are called __________.
13. Jamestown’s representative government
14. The first colony in Virginia that failed twice was named _____________.
15. The name of the trade route where New England traded rum for slaves in West
Africa, slaves for molasses in the West Indies, and made molasses into rum in New
England.