Chapter 1 English Colonies

1620 - The first agreement for Self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the plymouth colony.

Pennsylvania Colony → Founded by William Penn and helped English Quakers seeking religious freedom; the colony was very diverse as Penn advertised to different groups to move here; features rolling hills, forests, and fertile soil; diverse economy

Choose all of the difficulties that Jamestown colonists faced.

Choose the colonies that are part of the Southern Colonial Region.

a member of the Religious Society of Friends (haven for them was created with William Penn's Pennsylvania Colony)

Virginia Colony → Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and the Virginia Company; Mild winters and hot, humid summers; tobacco and slavery went along with their plantation system lifestyles

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

The Middle colonies were know for their...

Choose the colonies that belong to the Middle Colonies Region.

The New England colonial region's geography is know for it's rocky hills.

Originally founded by the Dutch; later taken over by the British. Features the Hudson River and swampy coasts. In the North, there were forests and mountains.

Plymouth was founded by the Virginia Company.

a person who owes money or items to another person or business

The Virginia Company that founded Jamestown is a...

Jamestown settlers came here seeking religious freedom.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Choose the colonies that are a part of the New England Region.

What year was Jamestown founded

Founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he knew that members of his own religion (Catholicism) would be a minority in the colony.

Massachusetts Bay Colony → Founder: Thomas Hooker; Settlers: Puritans; Climate: Cold winters and mild summers; Occupations: farming, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling; Government: Fundamental Orders, Self-Governing

established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

generally a stricter religious group that moved from England to the New England Colonial Region (Massachusetts).