Colonial Unit Pre-Rev EXAM Review You should study Unit Info pages 6 – 10.

Pennsylvania  To attract settlers to this colony, its Quaker founder sent pamphlets to several European countries and ended up with settlers from Germany, England, Ireland, the Netherlands and Sweden.

New York  The English wanted to take over this colony because it was a wealthy colony that lay between their Southern colonies and the New England colonies. The English king then gave it to a DUKE who named it after the town he ruled.

Georgia  This colony was the brainchild of James Oglethorpe who convinced the King that those in debtors prison (and other criminals) should work off their debts by working in the fields.

North Carolina  This colony was at a disadvantage because it didn’t have a port and had only small family farms. They had to send their goods through Virginia to use the ports there. They split off from their wealthy neighbor to the south.

Virginia  The settlers of this “first” colony came to find riches of gold – instead they found swamp land and turned to farming tobacco. This cash crop helped the Jamestown colonists create a very successful colony.

Delaware  This colony was made up of Swedish people who petitioned to break off from southern Pennsylvania, but the governor of Pennsylvania still had to approve of all laws.

Maryland  This colony was established as a safe- haven for Catholics who were seeking religious toleration.

Massachusetts  The people of the this colony came to America for religious freedom, but refused to grant the same freedom to people of other faiths or give their people the right to question their church and so 3 new colonies started up. 

New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island  Which were the New England Colonies?

New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware  Which were the Middle Colonies?

Maryland VirginiaNorth Carolina South CarolinaGeorgia  Which were the Southern Colonies?

England  Most colonists to the American Colonies came from which European nation?

French  Which Europeans were the “friendliest” to the Native American tribes? (mainly to ensure a fur trade partnership)

Disease  After the Europeans arrived, what did thousands of Native Americans die from?

Plantations  Most enslaved Africans in North America lived and worked on large farming estates in the south called?

New England & Middle  Settlers in these 2 colonial regions mainly came to the New World because they wanted to practice their own religion without fear of persecution.

Middle & Southern  Settlers in these 2 colonial regions came to the New World because they were interested in making money.

New England  Settlers in this colonial region lived in small farming and fishing communities:

Southern  This colonial region was almost an entirely agricultural society.

Middle  This colonial region was part agricultural and part industrial

Southern  This colonial region had cash crops of tobacco, rice, and indigo:

Middle  This colonial region grew wheat and other grains (“Breadbasket Colonies”)

New England  The settlers of this colonial region made most of their money from trade and shipping.

Southern  Plantations in this region were worked by enslaved labor:

The Mayflower Compact  What was the first expression of self- government in the “New World” enacted by English settlers?