1. British Colonies

2. first successful English settlement in North America

3. Virginia

4. After the colonists started growing this, the Virginia colony began to grow

5. tobacco

6. These people decided to build a settlement in North America
These people decided to build a settlement in North America. They experienced serious obstacles because there were only about 100 men, women and children, and many became sick because they arrived during winter, and they did not have enough food. These people started their settlement off the coast of Massachusetts and called it

7. Plymouth

8. These people built a colony in present-day Boston
These people built a colony in present-day Boston. They named their settlement Massachusetts. The colony was successful because they brought many people with different skills, and they arrived in the spring.

9. Puritans

10. Massachusetts became known as this because so many people from England settled there.

11. New England

12. This was difficult in New England because there were many rocks, sandy soil, and thick forests.

13. farming

14. These resources were important to the New England colonists

15. Forests and rich fishing areas

16. The New York colony used to belong to the

17. Dutch

18. The Dutch called New York

19. New Netherland

20. How did the Duke of York come to own New York?

21. His brother, the King of England gave it to him

22. Who started a colony in which all Christians could live together in peace?

23. William Penn

24. What did William Penn call his colony?

25. Pennsylvania

26. In Pennsylvania, laws were passed to protect what freedoms?

27. Freedom of speech and religion

28. True or False The colonists in Pennsylvania did not get along with the Native Americans.

29. False

30. What was the largest city in Pennsylvania?

31. Philadelphia

32. Philadelphia’s most famous citizen

33. Ben Franklin

34. Why did the Mid-Atlantic colonies grow so fast?

35. They could grow crops. They had two big harbors – New York and Philadelphia

36. Which does not belong? New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island New Jersey Delaware

37. Rhode Island

38. What were these colonies called
What were these colonies called? New York Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware

39. Mid Atlantic Middle Colonies

40. This colony elected the first legislature

41. Virginia

42. True or False The Virginia colonists tried to get along with the Powhatans.

43. False

44. Who worked on the tobacco plantations in Virginia?
Enslaved Africans
Indentured servants
both

45. Both

46. True or False
An indentured servant had to work on a plantation for the rest of his or her life.

47. False

48. This colony was started as a refuge for Catholics

49. Maryland

50. The Toleration Act was passed in Maryland to insure this freedom

51. Freedom of religion

52. These colonies were started to prevent Spain and France from claiming land south of Virginia.

53. The Carolinas

54. South Carolina grew faster than North Carolina because it had better farming and a ________.

55. harbor

56. This harbor in South Carolina was _________.

57. Charleston

58. The colony of Georgia was started by what British king?

59. King George II

60. Who founded the Georgia colony?

61. James Oglethorpe

62. Who did James Oglethorpe help when he started the Georgia colony?

63. debtors

64. What were the rules for the debtors?

65. They had to grow mulberry trees
They had to grow mulberry trees. They had to fight the Spanish, if necessary.

66. True or False When Georgia was first started, there were laws against owning slaves.

67. True

68. Which does not belong?
Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

69. Pennsylvania