New England Colonies | The 13 Colonies | The Middle Colonies | Southern Colonies |
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Massachusetts
What colony was the city of Boston in?
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England
Middle Southern
What were the 3 regions the 13 colonies were divied into?
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The Breadbasket
What is the nickname given to the Middle Colonies?
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5
How many Southern colonies were there?
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corn, beans, squash
What 3 crops were grown in the NE colonies?
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charter
What gave permission from the King to start a colony?
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mild climate
rich soil
Describe the climate and land of the Middle Colonies?
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Maryland
Georgia Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
Name 3 of the Southern Colonies?
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Puritans
What religious group lived in Massachusetts and outlawed singing?
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religious freedom
wealth
What 2 reasons did the first settlers come from England for?
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Irish
French German Dutch
Name at least 2 languages spoken in the Middle colonies?
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tobacco
rice cotton indigo
What were the 3 cash crops grown in the southern colonies?
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short growing season and bitter cold winters
Besides poor soil why was farming difficult in the NE colonies?
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Jamestown,Virginia
Georgia
What are the names of the 1st and 13th colony
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New Jersey
Delaware Pennsylvania
Name the 4 Middle Colonies?
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plantations
What was the name of the farm/homes in the Southern Colonies?
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lumber
fish whale blubber/oil fur
What 3 key resources helped the economy in New England colonies?
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Middle colonies
Which region had the most diverse languages?
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wheat
lumber furs textiles/cloth
Name at least 2 resources in the Middle Colonies?
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slaves
indentured servants
What were 2 types of free labor used in the Southern Colonies?
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