I am going to give you a
word / group / phrase and
you need to tell me what
colonial region (New
England / Middle /
Southern) I am talking
about.
Subsistence farming
Subsistence farming
New England
plantations
plantations
Southern
Whalers and fishermen
were common jobs or
occupations.
Whalers and fishermen
were common jobs or
occupations.
New England
backcountry
backcountry
Middle or
Southern
Lumberjacks and
shipbuilders were
common jobs or
occupations.
Lumberjacks and
shipbuilders were
common jobs or
occupations.
New England
Craftsmen was a
common job or
occupation.
Craftsmen was a
common job or
occupation.
Middle
Yankee traders were
from this region.
Yankee traders were
from this region.
New England
Public schools
Public schools
New England
tutors
tutors
Southern
Wheat, barley, rye
Wheat, barley, rye
Middle
Private schools
Private schools
Middle
Boston
Boston
New England
Lots of slaves
Lots of slaves
Southern
Philadelphia and New
York City
Philadelphia and New
York City
Middle
Corn, beans, and
squash
Corn, beans, and
squash
New England
Rice, indigo, and
tobacco
Rice, indigo, and
tobacco
Southern
Town meetings
Town meetings
New England
Charles Town
Charles Town
Southern
Breadbasket colonies
Breadbasket colonies
Middle
Rocky soil
Rocky soil
New England
For this section, you
need to come up with
the colony that the
phrase / word / event is
associated with.
William Penn
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Catholics
Catholics
Maryland
“Holy Experiment”
“Holy Experiment”
Pennsylvania
Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit
New York
Act of Toleration which
provided religious
toleration for all
Christians.
Act of Toleration which
provided religious
toleration for all
Christians.
Maryland
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania Dutch
Pennsylvania
New Netherlands
New Netherlands
New York
Bacon’s Rebellion
Bacon’s Rebellion
Virginia
Thomas Hooker
Thomas Hooker
Connecticut
John Smith
John Smith
Virginia
Home for debtors
Home for debtors
Georgia
Quakers
Quakers
Pennsylvania
Pilgrims
Pilgrims
Massachusetts
Lord Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
Maryland
Puritans
Puritans
Massachusetts
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
I am going to give you a
definition / description and
you need to tell me the
person / term / event I am
talking about.
Lawmaking body of
Virginia.
Lawmaking body of
Virginia.
House of
Burgesses
Document signed by the
Pilgrims saying that all the
colonists would make
laws that benefited all the
colonists.
Document signed by the
Pilgrims saying that all the
colonists would make
laws that benefited all the
colonists.
Mayflower Compact
When voters elect
representatives to make
laws for them.
When voters elect
representatives to make
laws for them.
Representative government
First permanent English
colony in the Americas.
First permanent English
colony in the Americas.
Jamestown, Virginia
What was the name for
naturally occurring goods
such as lumber and fish?
What was the name for
naturally occurring goods
such as lumber and fish?
Raw materials
Being able to worship
any way that you want.
Being able to worship
any way that you want.
Religious freedom
Representative
assembly of
Massachusetts.
Representative
assembly of
Massachusetts.
General Court
Woman who said that
God spoke to her. As a
result, she was kicked
out of Massachusetts.
Woman who said that
God spoke to her. As a
result, she was kicked
out of Massachusetts.
Anne Hutchinson
What was the general
name for the goods traded
from the colonies to
Britain.
What was the general
name for the goods traded
from the colonies to
Britain.
Raw materials
Economic theory that said
a country became
stronger by building up its
gold supply and
increasing trade.
Economic theory that said
a country became
stronger by building up its
gold supply and
increasing trade.
mercantilism
What was the name for
man-made goods such as
clothes and furniture?
What was the name for
man-made goods such as
clothes and furniture?
Manufactured goods
When you grow just
enough crops for your
family.
When you grow just
enough crops for your
family.
Subsistence farming
The founders of
Plymouth Colony (later
Massachusetts).
The founders of
Plymouth Colony (later
Massachusetts).
Pilgrims
Series of acts designed to
control colonial trade and
benefit England.
Series of acts designed to
control colonial trade and
benefit England.
Navigation Acts
The group that
dominated the church
and government of
Massachusetts.
The group that
dominated the church
and government of
Massachusetts.
Puritans
What do we call people
who agreed to work 4-7
years in exchange for
their trip to the colonies
being paid for?
What do we call people
who agreed to work 4-7
years in exchange for
their trip to the colonies
being paid for?
Indentured servants
What was the slaves trip
from Africa to the colonies
called?
What was the slaves trip
from Africa to the colonies
called?
Middle Passage
Set of rules that limited
slaves behavior. Slaves
could not read or write.
Set of rules that limited
slaves behavior. Slaves
could not read or write.
Slave codes
What was the general
name for goods Britain
traded to the colonies?
What was the general
name for goods Britain
traded to the colonies?
Manufactured goods
Crops grown to sell for
a profit.
Crops grown to sell for
a profit.
Cash crops
This city was known as
the “City of Brotherly
Love”.
This city was known as
the “City of Brotherly
Love”.
Philadelphia
Rich area of the
Southern Colonies
located near the Atlantic
Ocean.
Rich area of the
Southern Colonies
located near the Atlantic
Ocean.
Tidewater
Area near the
Appalachian Mountains
that ran from Georgia to
Pennsylvania.
Area near the
Appalachian Mountains
that ran from Georgia to
Pennsylvania.
backcountry
Goods coming into a
country.
Goods coming into a
country.
imports
The belief that one race is
superior to another.
The belief that one race is
superior to another.
racism
This separated the
North from the South.
This separated the
North from the South.
Mason-Dixon line
Series of trade routes
between the colonies,
Africa and the West
Indies.
Series of trade routes
between the colonies,
Africa and the West
Indies.
Triangular trade
What was traded from the
West Indies to the
colonies as part of the
triangular trade route?
What was traded from the
West Indies to the
colonies as part of the
triangular trade route?
Sugar, molasses, slaves
Group which started the
holiday that Americans
today call Thanksgiving.
Group which started the
holiday that Americans
today call Thanksgiving.
Pilgrims
What is it called when
young people are bound
to a master craftsman in
order to learn a trade?
What is it called when
young people are bound
to a master craftsman in
order to learn a trade?
apprentices
Crop that helped
Jamestown to survive.
Crop that helped
Jamestown to survive.
tobacco
Goods sent out of a
country.
Goods sent out of a
country.
Exports.
What continent did most
slaves come from?
What continent did most
slaves come from?
Africa
What are legislatures or
assemblies?
What are legislatures or
assemblies?
Lawmaking bodies
What right did John Peter
Zenger help to establish in
the colonies?
What right did John Peter
Zenger help to establish in
the colonies?
Freedom of the press
Puritans wanted this type
of schools to educate
people so that they could
read The Bible.
Puritans wanted this type
of schools to educate
people so that they could
read The Bible.
Public schools