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CHAPTER 3 REVIEW STUDY GUIDE – PAGE 39 Region Colony Reasons for settlement New England Colonies Massachusetts Puritans escaping religious persecution Rhode Island Middle Colonies Geography & Climate Sandy coast/ports/pastu
res/forest Harsh winters, warm summers Settlers/Founders Religion Government Economy William Bradford (Pilgrims) John Winthrop (Puritans) Puritan Crop/live-­‐
stock farming, lumbering, shops, shipping People seeing religious freedom Coastal lowlands; flat, rocky woodlands Hot, humid summers, snowy winters Roger Wiliams and Anne Hutchinson Various faiths Self-­‐governing (strong religious influence) a
government that
required everyone in
the colony to worship
as they did.
Self-­‐governing (elected assembly) Connecticut Puritans seeking new settlement Forested hills/sea coast Cold winters, mild summers Thomas Hooker (drew up the first written
plan of government for
any of the colonies)
Puritan Written constitution (Fundamental Orders -­‐ right to vote!) Self-­‐governing New York Dutch and English seeking new lives Wetlands along the coast and Hudson River/Forested mountains to the North, cold, snowy winters; hot, humid summers Dutch West India Company/James Duke of York (The duke gave huge
chunks of his colony to
two friends, Sir George
Carteret and Lord John
Berkeley. These men
(then established the
colony of New Jersey to
the south of New York.
Various faiths British appointed governer and council alternating with an elected assembly (charter of rights as
English citizens. - right
to elect their own
lawmakers, trial by
jury, to worship as they
pleased. They did not
get these rights until
1691, along with the
right to pass laws and
set taxes for the
colony)
Farming (cattle, dairy farms) lumberingsh
ipbuilding, fishing, whaling, trade (including slave trade) Farming (cattle/livest
ock), shipbuilding, fishing, whaling Fur-­‐
trapping, lumbering, shipping slave trade, merchants and tradesmen, farming, iron mining Region Colony Reasons for Settlement Middle Colonies Pennsylvania Southern Colonies Maryland English Quakers and other Europeans seeking freedom and equality Quakers believed in a simple
lifestyle and in treating all
people equally. They refused to
bow before the king, fight in
wars, or pay taxes to the
Church of England.
Catholics/Protestants seeking religious and political freedom Geography Climate Rolling hills, tress, and fertile soil Cold winters; hot, humid summers. Settlers/Founders Religion Government
Economy William Penn (wrote great documents
of government that
made Pennsylvania the
first democracy in
America.)
Various faiths Self-Governing
Great Law of 1682, he
promised that people of
all faiths would be
treated equally.
Farming (crops/dair
y), merchants and tradesmen, lumbering, and shipbuilding Low, fertile land surrounding Chesapeake Bay Cold, rainy winters; hot, humid summers Sir George Calvert (Lord Baltimore – Cecil’s father) Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore) Leonard Calvert (governor – brother) Various faiths, particular
ly Catholic Self-­‐Governing (influenced by Catholics and Protestants) Farming and ranching (crops, beef, dairy), lumbering, shipping, fishing, iron mining Farming (plantations and independent farms) – tobacco! Slavery Farming (plantations and independent farms, trade, skilled labor Virginia English landowners, skilled laborers (shoemakers, bricklayers, tailors), people seeking profit Coastal lowlands, wooded mountains Mild winters; hot, humid summers Sir Walter Raleigh and the Virginia Company Church of England Self –governing with elected assembly (House of Burgesses) Georgia Debtors (poor people) from English prisons, Europeans seeking religious freedom (Protestants, Catholics, & Jews) and cheap land Wetlands/red-­‐
clay plains; forested mountains Short, mild winters; long hot, humid summers George II and James Oglethorpe Various faiths Self-­‐governing (eventually an elected assembly – colonists did not like Oglethorpe’s laws
against drinking alcohol
and owning slaves.)
Chapter 3 Review Study Guide (page 40 in ISN) II. Similarities (1 pt each) 1. The U.S. Constitution is similar to the Mayflower Compact. 2. The New England colonies were alike because they were self-­‐governing. 3. The elected Colonial assembly made the laws in most of the colonies. 4. Separatists were Puritans who wanted to separate from the Church of England in order to form their own congregation and practice their faith in peace. The shared the same religious beliefs. 5. Events that were similar to Quaker’s actions and beliefs include: The American Revolution, The Civil War, Women’s Suffrage (women’s rights), Civil Rights Movement, etc. 6. The Appalachian Mountains restricted colonist’s growth, acting as a Western border; impacted ability to travel West and trade, settle land; barrier that kept them near to the coast. III. Differences (1 pt each) 1. Providence, Rhode Island differed from Puritan Massachusetts because it welcomes people with different religious beliefs. 2. Pennsylvania offered the most freedom. 3. Cash crops, like tobacco plantations, made the Southern colonies unique. 4. People in all three of the regions adapted to different ways of life because they had different geographies, climates, and resources. 5. The colony most motivated to make a profit was Virginia. 6. The region most dependent upon the ocean for its economy was New England. 7. The colony founded to hopefully prevent the Spanish from attacking other colonies was Georgia.