Colonial regions
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- Q1What country controlled the 13 colonies?SpainFranceEnglandCanada30s
- Q2In what colonial region were New York City and Philadelphia found?Southern ColoniesEastern ColoniesNew England ColoniesMiddle Colonies30s
- Q3Slavery was used more in the Southern colonies becauseThere were larger farms in the South due to the good soilThey were more tolerant of people's differencesthere were smaller farms in the South due to the poor soilThey needed them for their fishing industry30s
- Q4Cash crops like cotton and tobacco were most likely grown in which colonial region?New EnglandNone of theseMiddleSouthern30s
- Q5Rocky coasts and poor soil were characteristic of what colonial region?EasternMiddleSouthernNew England30s
- Q6What was the economy of the Southern colonies?Cash crops that were grown on vast plantations using slave laborwheat, barley, oats, and rye. Known as the "Bread Colonies"short growing season with rocky, hard soilLumber, fishing, whaling, and manufactured goods30s
- Q7In which colonial region was slave labor used the most?New EnglandMiddleNone of theseSouthern30s
- Q8Which described the economy of the Middle Colonies?Grew wheat, barley, oats, and grains. They were known as the "Bread basket"short growing season with hard, rocky soilCash crops grown on vast plantations.Lumber, fishing, whaling, and manufactured goods.30s
- Q9The Virginia House of Burgess and town meetings in New England all allowed...The French and Spanish to rule the coloniesThe King of England to control all parts of the colonists' lives.The Pilgrims to have the first Thanksgiving with the WampanoagThe English colonists to have some say in their laws and rules.30s
- Q10What products did the colonies of New England produce?Wheat, barley, oats and rye...known as the "Bread Colonies"Cash crops grown on vast plantationsTimber, shipbuilding, fishing, and whalingLong growing season with fertile soil30s
- Q11In what colonial region did the Pilgrims land?MiddleSouthernEasternNew England30s
- Q12This colonial region was very diverse and had many different types of people and religionsNew England ColoniesSouthern coloniesCanadaMiddle colonies30s
- Q13In this colonial region the people lived close together on small farmsMiddleNew EnglandCanadaSouthern30s
- Q14Which colonial region is shown on the map?New EnglandSouthernMiddle30s
- Q15Which colonial region is shown on the map?Middle ColoniesNew England coloniesSouthern Colonies30s
