13 COLONIES FLASHCARDS WITH ANSWERS

What are the three groups of colonies?

New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies

Which colonies are the New England colonies?
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire

Which colonies are the Middle Colonies?
Pennslyvania, Delaware, New York , New Jersey

Which colonies are the Southern Colonies?
Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina

Economy - subsistence farming
New England Colonies

Economy - small towns allowed shop keepers to make a living
(commerce and trade)
New England colonies

Economy - Ship-building along the coastal towns was a major industry
(wood from forests)
New England colonies

Economy - fishing and whaling were large money makers due to the cold
water off the coast
New England colonies


People - English settlers - puritans
New England colonies

People - Few slaves because the growing season was short and the soil
was bad
New England colonies


Religion - people began to turn to money rather than god
New England colonies

Religion - 1691 Charter declared religious freedom for all and voting
rights based on property (man own land, wealthy, white )
New England colonies

Economy - cash crops were wheat, corn and rye - earned the nickname
Breadbasket Colonies
Middle colonies

People - only 7% of population included slaves
Middle colonies

Religion - the area had a climate of tolerance due to the firm
establishment of the Quakers in the area
Middle colonies

Religion - they believed in the equality of men and women along with
peace with the natives
Middle colonies

Economy - weather allowed for year round growing season
Southern colonies

Economy - main crops at the time were rice, indigo, and tobacco (NO
cotton)
Southern colonies

Economy - large cities were rare because of self sufficient plantations
Southern colonies

Economy - main cities were on the coast for export of cash crops
Southern colonies

People - slaves were 40% of the population
Southern colonies


People - The Planter Class controlled political and economical
issues(opposite of North)
Southern colonies

Where was the backcountry?
the area between the colonies and the Appalachian Mountains

Economy - trade with natives dominated the region
Backcountry

What was used as one unit of money when trading in the backcountry?
a buckskin

Economy - farmers both clashed and traded with the Natives but also
relied on themselves for survival
Backcountry

People - settlers who wanted to escape plantation life or life from the
rule of the King came here
Backcountry

What is the most important trade in the history of mankind, the world
and the universe?
Triangular Trade

The Triangular Trade was trade between.....
Africa, the Colonies and the Caribbean

What was traded in the Triangular trade?
slaves, cash crops, produced goods