4th Grade S.S. Colonies Study Guide

18 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

Front Back
Name the four New England Colonies
Massachusets
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
What does the world Pennsylvania mean?
"Penn's wood"
Today's U.S. state of Maine was once part of _______.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New York used to be a Dutch colony called _____.
New Amsterdam
What is the full name of Rhode Island?
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
What grades were taught in a one-room schoolhouse during colonial times?
1st through 8th grade
Georgia was named after which British king?
King George II
Where was Plymouth Rock?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What was the name of the ship that the Pilgrims traveled on when they came to America in 1620?
Mayflower
Name the four Middle colonies.
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Name the five Southern Colonies.
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Name three crops that were grown on southern plantations.
Tobacco
Cotton
Rice
Slaves in colonial America were people who where kidnapped from _______.
Africa
What famous colonial American was an author, publisher, politician, scientist, and inventor?
Benjamin Franklin
What was a cooper's job?
They made large barrels of wood.