Practice understanding daily life, regional differences, government, economy, and important ideas in Colonial America.
Read each problem carefully. Answer in complete sentences and use evidence from what you know about Colonial America.
Life, government, and regions in the American colonies
Social Studies - Grade 6-8
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Name the three main colonial regions in British North America and give one characteristic of each region.
- 2
Explain why many settlers came to the American colonies from Europe.
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Describe one important difference between life in New England and life in the Southern Colonies.
- 4
What was the purpose of the House of Burgesses in Virginia?
- 5
How did geography affect the economy of the colonies?
- 6
Define mercantilism and explain how it shaped the relationship between Britain and the colonies.
- 7
What were cash crops, and why were they important in the Southern Colonies?
- 8
Describe the role of religion in the founding of some colonies.
- 9
Why was the Middle Colonies region sometimes called the breadbasket colonies?
- 10
Explain how enslaved Africans contributed to the colonial economy.
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What does self-government mean, and how did colonists practice it before the American Revolution?
- 12
Choose one colony and describe its founding or purpose in one or two complete sentences.