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Benchmark Part 2 - Colonies
second part of review sheet
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History
5th Grade
10/25/2007

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English explorers

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searched for gold and riches

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Anne Hutchinson

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founded Rhode Island

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James Oglethorpe

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founded Georgia

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William Penn

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founder of Pennsylvania (allowed religious freedom & self rule government)

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Roger Williams

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founder of Providence (Rhode Island)

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Jamestown

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first successful English colony

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waterways

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places colonies usually established

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port cities

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grew due to trading of exports & imports

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meetinghouse

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place where church services were held

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New England Colonies - $

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made living by fishing & shipbuilding (lots of lumber)

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New England Colonies (4)

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Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, & Rhode Island

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Middle Atlantic Colonies - $

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made money by growing wheat

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Middle Atlantic Colonies - nickname

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The Breadbasket Colonies

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Middle Atlantic Colonies - (4)

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Delaware, New Jersey, New York, & Pennsylvania

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Southern Colonies - $

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produced cotton, indigo, & tobacco

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Southern Colonies - climate

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hot humid summers and mild winters

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Southern Colonies - (5)

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Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Virginia

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Self Rule Government provided by ...

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William Penn (in Pennsylvania)

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House of Burgesses

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Virginia had 1st law making body in English colonies

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Pilgrims signed the ...

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Mayflower Contract

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