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Review of the 3 colonial regions

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What colonies belong the New England colonies?

Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island

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What colonies belong to the Middle Colonies?

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania

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What colonies belong to the Southern Colonies?

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

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Describe the geography of the New England colonies.

long winters, thin rocky soil

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Describe the economy of the New England colonies?

fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, forestry

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Describe the geography of the Middle colonies?

fertile soil and mild climate

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Describe the economy of the Middle Colonies.

corn, oats and wheat, raising livestock

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Describe the geography of the Southern Colonies.

fertile soil, warm and humid climate

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Describe the economy of the Southern Colonies.

plantations and cash crops, dependent on slave labor

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What geographic factors made it possible for the Southern colonies to have an agricultural economy?

the fertile soil, warm climate and access to water

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Which region of colonies is known as the breadbasket?

Middle

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What 3 colonies were established for religious freedom and who were the people that settled there?

Maryland-Catholics Pilgrims-Massachusetts Quakers-Pennsylvania

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What geographic feature contributed to the high population density near the Atlantic Oceans?

natural harbors

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What physical feature presented an early barrier to westward settlement of the colonies?

Appalachian Mountains

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What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

First example of self-government

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What is the significance of the House of Burgesses?

First representative government

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