What region was known for
its whalers?
New England
Who was the founder of
Maryland?
Lord Baltimore
What region grew wheat,
barley and rye?
Middle Colonies
What colonial region was
educated through private
schools?
Middle colonies
Which regions farmers were
mostly subsistence farmers?
New England
Who was the founder of
Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What colonial region was
educated through public
schools?
New England
What colonial region
educated their children
through tutors?
southern
Who was the founder of
Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What region was known for
its shipbuilding?
New England
What colony was founded as
a home for debtors?
Georgia
What colonies legislature
was called the House of
Burgesses?
Virginia
What do we call a person
who learned a trade from a
master craftsman?
apprentice
What religion was associated
with Maryland?
Catholic
What colony did the Puritans
and Pilgrims settle in?
Massachusetts
What are crops called which
are sold for a profit?
Cash crop
What was the name for the
document which the Pilgrims wrote
telling how they were going to
govern their settlement?
Mayflower Compact
Who was the founder of
Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What colonial region was
known as the Breadbasket
Colonies?
Middle Colonies
What women said God
spoke directly to her?
Anne Hutchinson
Who was the founder of the
colony later known as New
York?
Peter Minuit
What was the religion
associated with
Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What were the German
speaking people of
Pennsylvania known as?
Pennsylvania Dutch
Which region was home to
plantations?
Southern Colonies
Which region had the longest
growing seasons?
Southern Colonies
What was the Maryland Act
dealing with freedom of
religion?
Act of Toleration
What region was the most
religious?
New England (mostly
Massachusetts)
What was the first
permanent English
settlement in the New
World?
Jamestown
What word means a
willingness to let others
practice their own beliefs?
toleration
What region had rocky soil?
New England
What leader helped
Jamestown to survive?
John Smith
Which region was known for
its craftsmen?
Middle Colonies
(especially the Pennsylvania
Dutch)
Who was the founder of
Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
What were the main crops of
the Southern Colonies?
Tobacco, indigo and rice
What type of labor
dominated southern
plantations?
slaves
Which region was home to
most of the large cities
during colonial times?
Middle Colonies
Which region had a lot of
small villages that were
surrounded by farms?
New England
Which region’s settlements
were all spread out due to
plantations?
Southern Colonies
What were plantations in
the South located near to
make transportation easier?
waterways