4-Life in the Colonies

1. How did the New England region depend on geography to make a living?

2. How did the Middle Colonies depend on geography to make a living?

3. How did the southern region depend on geography to make a living?

4. What was the purpose of meeting houses in the New England colonies?

5. Why was Roger Williams banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

6. Why was Anne Hutchinson banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

7. Why was Thomas Hooker banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

8. How were the Middle Colonies different than the others?

9. How were southern colonies different than New England and Middle colonies?

10. What were the four states that were created from the Virginia Company in the southern colonies?

1. Who were the colonists able to get the goods they needed without money or stores?

2. What resources did New Englanders have to make a living?

3. How did they change the land to suit their needs?

4. What resources did the Middle Colonies have to make a living?

5. How did the colonists make money outside of the colonies?

6. How did England make money from the colonies?

7. How did England control the economy of the colonists?

8. How could England benefit from mercantilism?

9. Why did cities develop along the coasts of New England and the Middle Colonies?

10. How was the triangular trade good for Europeans, but bad for Africans?

1. What did it mean to be a slave?

2. How were slaves obtained?

3. How was the Middle Passage for African slaves?

4. What happened to African slaves upon arrival to North America?

5. How was slavery in the North different than the South?

6. How was slavery in the South different than the North?

7. What are some cultural aspects that Africans infused with American culture?

8. Why was slavery a cruel and unjust system for Africans?

9. How did Africans react to the harsh living of slavery?

10. What happened to Whites who helped Africans escape or revolt.

1. Why did King Philip’s War take place?

2. Why was the land along the Ohio River valley so important?

3. How did the French and Indian War begin?

4. Why did Native Americans choose to ally with the French against the British?

5. How were the British able to defeat the French?

6. How did the British fare in the treaty that ended the war?

7. What was the cause of Pontiac’s Rebellion?

8. Why did King George II issue the Proclamation of 1763?

9. What effect did the Proclamation have on the British settlers?

10. Would you have fought with the French or British?  Explain why or why not.

What were the causes and effects of the French and Indian War? - Essay

1. Date it began               

2. How it began        

3. Who was involved

4. Date it ended              

5. Outcome              

How were the original 13 colonies grouped?

New England Colonies

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

 Terms

1. mercantilism                                           

2. Pilgrims

3. Puritans

4. Proclamation of 1763

5. Triangular Trade

6. Middle Passage

What were the causes and effects of slavery in the colonies? - Essay

1. Date it began

2. From where to where

3. What was traded for them

4. How they arrived

5. Journey

6. Where they worked

7. slavery in North

8. Slavery in the South

9. Conflicts

10. contributions.

How was life for in the New England, Middle and Southern colonies?

1. geography

2.  social

3.  religion

4.  politics

5.  economics