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This country settled central North America; fur trade in the Great Lakes Region; friendly relations with the Native Americans
France
This country settled the Atlantic coast of North America; founded for commercial profit and natural resources; colonies founded by religious groups seeking religious freedom
England/Britain
Religious group that settled in Maryland, escaping persecution
Catholics
Religious group that settled in Pennsylvania, founding it as a safe haven; the first anti-slavery group
Quakers
Religious group that settled in Massachusetts after the Pilgrims; strict followers of the Bible, did not tolerate different views of religion
Puritans
Climate: cold, long winters, short growing season
New England
Climate: mild, moderate weather, good growing season
Middle Colonies
Climate: long growing season, dry, hot weather
Southern Colonies
Economy: shipbuilding, fishing, fur trade, whaling
New England
Economy: "bread basket," wheat, oats, barley, rye
Middle Colonies
Economy: plantations with slave labor, cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton
Southern Colonies
First representative legislature in the colonies; became a model lawmaking institution
Virginia House of Burgesses
Founder of Connecticut; author of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
This document provided voting rights to males who were not church members; first written constitution in the colonies
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This social contract signed by the Pilgrims provided self-government for the settlement of Plymouth
Mayflower Compact
British policy to ignore the colonies as long as they remained loyal to the king and Parliament
salutary neglect
