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13 Colonies Test

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  • The founder of Massachusetts is who?
    John Winthrop
  • middle colonies: weather was very harsh in the winter and summer, making it hard for them to do what?
    Grow crops
  • What were the three ships colonists came on called?
    Susan Constant, Godspeed, The Discovery
  • What was the first year like for settlers in Jamestown?
    Bad
  • A colony ruled by a monarch through an appointed governor.
    Royal Colony
  • When and who founded the Virginia colony?
    John Smith, 1607
  • Middle Colonies became known as the
    Bread Basket
  • Who is William Penn? What did he support?
    Founder of Pennsylvania and supported democracy and religious freedom.
  • Why did settlers of 1609 in Jamestown call it the “Starving Time”
    Settlers died due to rough winter conditions, lack of food.
  • The practice of producing enough crops for your family but not enough to sell.
    Subsistence Farming
  • What were some major industries for the Middle Colonies?
    Shipbuilding, cash crops
  • What became an important cash crop in the middle colonies?
    Grain
  • An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
    Rebellion
  • TRUE OR FALSE: Farmers transported crops along the Hudson and Delaware rivers.
    True
  • Where was the first permanent English settlement in the new world.
    Jamestown
  • What were some major industries in the southern colonies?
    Farming, ship building, plantations.
  • What was the attack Nathaniel Bacon led on the town of Jamestown called?
    Bacons Rebellion
  • What states made up the Middle Colonies?
    New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
  • What states were part of the New England Colonies?
    Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
  • Penn received a land grant in 1681 for English
    Quakers
  • When did the Dutch merchants arrive?
    1609
  • What became very important to the ship building industry in the middle colonies
    Lumber
  • New England land was covered in dense
    forests
  • The puritans wanted what?
    Religious Freedom
  • Who were the Powhatan?
    A Native American tribe living in the area of Jamestown.
  • The southern colonies included what states?
    Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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