DE History (What factors shaped Colonial Settlement)
🇬🇧
In English
In English
Practice Known Questions
Stay up to date with your due questions
Complete 5 questions to enable practice
Exams
Exam: Test your skills
Course needs 15 questions
Learn New Questions
Manual Mode [BETA]
Select your own question and answer types
Other available modes
Learn with flashcards
Complete the sentence
Listening & SpellingSpelling: Type what you hear
SpeakingAnswer with voice
Speaking & ListeningPractice pronunciation
TypingTyping only mode
DE History (What factors shaped Colonial Settlement) - Leaderboard
DE History (What factors shaped Colonial Settlement) - Details
Levels:
Questions:
12 questions
| 🇬🇧 | 🇬🇧 |
| What was the New England Colonies Geography? | -Barren Soil -Wilderness -Cold Winters -Natural Harbors |
| What was the Middle Colonies Geography? | -Rolling hills -Fertile Soil -Abundance of resources -Wilderness in the interior -Some harbors |
| What was the Southern Colonies Geography? | -Flat, humid and swampy on the coast with fertile soil -Hilly and rugged inland -Abundance of rivers and tributaries |
| What was the New England Colonies Economy? | -Shipping/Ship building -Fishing -Small, self-sufficient farms and businesses -Labor: Families, free peoples |
| What was the Middle Colonies Economy? | -Small farms and businesses -Shipping -Lumber -Trapping -Labor: Families, free peoples and indentured servants |
| What was the Southern Colonies Economy? | -Coast: Plantation, cash crops (cotton, tobacco, rice) Labor: Enslaved persons -Inland: Smaller farms, hunting Labor: Poor whites and indentured servants |
| What were the people of New England Colonies like? | -Puritan culture: strict order, middle class, work ethic -Purify/reform Church of England -Some breakaway groups in Rhode Island and Connecticut -Migrants from England -Class of Merchants/shopkeepers |
| What were the people of Middle Colonies like? | -Diversity in religions and ethnicities: Quakers in Pa, Huguenots and Jews in N.Y, Presbyterians in N.J. -German, French and English speakers -Class of Merchants/shopkeepers |
| What were the people of Southern Colonies like? | -English aristocrats -Enslaved class -Poor whites (Scots/Irish) in inland areas -Strongest loyalty to Church of England |
| What was the government like in New England Colonies? | -Direct form of Democracy -Government built around the town meeting: whole participation -Puritan law in Mass.- close relationship between Puritan religion and the law -Other areas were more tolerant |
| What was the government like in Middle Colonies? | -Representative democracy -Lawmakers among merchant/artisan class -Tolerance for all religious/ethnic groups -Equality under the law insured a secular society. |
| What was the government like in Southern Colonies? | -Aristocracy: Rich landowners dominated politics -Law makers were among educated/landowning elite -Legislative bodies created to represent people (House of Burgesses in Va) -Little or no tolerance for poor whites/enslaved persons |