13 Colonies

Question 1

What was the reason for colonizing Savannah, Georgia?

Accepted Answer

Protect England's southern border from Spain, Give Debtors a way to pay off their debt to England

Question 2

What is the difference between the Puritans and the Quakers?

Accepted Answer

Did not believe in war, Accepted people of all religions

Question 3

Which colonies are part of the Southern Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Georgia & North Carolina

Question 4

What was the economy based on in New England Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Lumber, Fishing, Shipbuilding

Question 5

Which region's geography featured thin, rocky soil and long cold harsh winters?

Accepted Answer

New England Colonies

Question 6

What religious group of people settled in the New England Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Seperatists, Puritans

Question 7

Which colonies' economy depended on slave labor?

Accepted Answer

Southern Colonies

Question 8

Which religious group wanted to be the "City Upon the Hill"

Accepted Answer

Puritans

Question 9

Which were the two largest port cities in the Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia an New York

Question 10

Which trade might you find in the Middle Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Cooper, Cabinetmaker

Question 11

Which region's geography featured swampy land and longer growing seasons?

Accepted Answer

Southern Colonies

Question 12

Which colony was the first permanent English Settlement in North America?

Accepted Answer

Jamestown, VA

Question 13

Which person founded the Pennsylvania Colony?

Accepted Answer

William Penn

Question 14

Which one is NOT an example of a cash crop that was grown in the Southern Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Corn

Question 15

Which colony did the British take from the Dutch?

Accepted Answer

New York

Question 16

What was the nickname of the Middle Colonies?

Accepted Answer

The Breadbasket Colonies

Question 17

Who was the first Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston)

Accepted Answer

John Winthrop

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