Life in the Colonies

Life in the Colonies

A review of regional differences, colonial governments, and the role of religion.

13 English Colonies

The thirteen colonies were divided into three regions. Each region developed a different culture, related to its reasons for settlement.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements are TRUE about the regions' reasons for settlement?

Select all that are true.

• New England was founded for religious freedom while the Southern Colonies were founded for economic reasons.

• New England was founded for economic reasons while the Southern Colonies were founded for religious freedom.

• The Middle Colonies were found for both religious freedom and economic reasons.

• The Middle Colonies were found for only economic reasons.

Multiple Choice

Where would find the following industries?

Labor-intensive cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Where would find the following industries?

Food crops such as wheat, oats, and corn

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Where would find the following industries?

Timber, fishing, trading and whaling

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Settlement Patterns in New England

New England settlements were organized around a common, a piece of land for public use.  Farmhouses, a school, a meetinghouse, and shops were clustered nearby. 

Towns and cities developed quickly in New England.

Multiple Choice

Large settlements also developed in which other region?

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

The first elective body in the colonies where landowners elected its members was called...

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The House of Burgesses

• The Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

Representative  Government

• In the Carolinas, the Commons House was the colony’s representative In the assembly.

• New England colonies also had representative assemblies in the form of local town meetings.

Multiple Choice

Rhode Island is significant for...

• Being the site of lost colony of Roanoke.

• Creating the first Constitution in the Colonies.

• Passing the Toleration Act of 1649.

• Having total religious freedom.

Multiple Select

Select all that are true about the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania:

• Protected the rights of the Dutch colonists

• Protected religious freedom

• Called for fair trials

• Separated government powers

Multiple Choice

Who was John Peter Zenger?

• He was the creator of the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania.

• He was the first proprietor of the colony of Maryland.

• He was an indentured servant to a printer in New York.

• He was the governor of New Netherland and founder of the settlement known as New Amsterdam.

Zenger Trial

John Peter Zenger was an indentured servant to a printer in New York. He printed a paper calling out the colonial governor. Zenger was sued for libel, arrested, and thrown in jail. The jury found him not guilty because his words were based on fact. This established freedom of the press in the colonies.

Multiple Select

The Navigation Acts of 1651 were British laws that restricted colonial trade. They were designed to do two things:

• Open up more efficient trade between the Americas, the Dutch and the English

• Force the thirteen colonies to trade only with Britain

• Weaken Britain’s rivals, especially the Dutch

• Allow for more raw materials to stay in the Colonies

Multiple Choice

An act of overlooking or ignoring that produces positive results is called...

• Mercantilism

• Salutary Neglect

• Free Enterprise

• Imperialism

Salutary Neglect

• Distance meant that the British king had difficulty in governing colonial affairs, and, in the late 1600s, the British began a policy of salutary neglect.

• The British relaxed enforcement of colonial rules, especially trade laws. As a result, the colonists grew richer and more independent.

Expectations vs. Results

• Britain believed that the colonists  would  trade with other countries, spend more money on British goods, and continue to provide Britain with raw materials.

• Britain thought they would benefit from the increasing wealth of the colonies.

• Instead, the policy created a feeling of INDEPENDENCE  in the colonies where they could  trade on their own and make their own political decisions.

Fill in the Blank

____________ is an economic theory that means colonies exist to benefit their mother countries.

The colonies should benefit Britain, selling raw goods to only Britain and buying goods from only Britain.

Multiple Choice

To settle in Virginia, colonists had to be members of...

• The Religious Society of Friends

• The Puritan Church

• The Roman Catholic Church

• The Church of England

Multiple Choice

Which region was the most ethnically and religiously diverse?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Multiple Choice

Most colonists in New England were...

• Roman Catholics

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Anglicans

Puritan Beliefs

• Believed that the Bible was the only religious authority -- not the king

• Emphasized reading the Bible, prayer, hard work, and proper behavior

• Believed that religion should play a role in the laws of the colony.

• Believed all children should learn to read and write.
  

• Passed laws stating only church members could  vote or hold public office.

Fill in the Blank

By the 1660s, the role of religion in New England society began to decline.

Puritans persecuted those they suspected were witches.The accusations were caused by fears about the declining role of religion in society.

A court in _____, Massachusetts, tried those accused of practicing witchcraft, resulting in 19 “witches” being convicted and hanged.

Multiple Select

The First Great Awakening was a powerful religious revival in the colonies between 1720 and 1740. It included...

Select all the apply.

• Traveling preachers giving emotional sermons and drawing large audiences.

• Preachers who were women or enslaved people.

• The growth of universities to train new ministers

• Sermons with terrifying images for sinners.