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13 Colonies Review
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5th Grade
01/25/2010

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Term
What colony is known as the lost colony?
Definition
Roanoke
Term
Why did the Virginia Company want to build a colony in North America?
Definition
To make a profit
Term
What was the first permanent colony in North America?
Definition
Jamestown
Term
Who suffered through the starving time?
Definition
Jamestown Colonists
Term
Who rode on the Mayflower?
Definition
The Plymouth Colony Pilgrims
Term
What was the agreement signed by the Pilgrims stating they all must work for the good of the colony?
Definition
Mayflower Compact
Term
Who escaped to the new world to find religious freedom? (2 groups)
Definition
Pilgrims and Puritans
Term
What was in the center of every Puritan village?
Definition
Meetinghouse
Term
What war was over land?
Definition
King Philips War
Term
What colonies were known as the breadbasket colonies?
Definition

New York

New Jersey

Delaware

Pennsylvania

Term
Who did the King of England grant a charter to making him proprietor of Pennsylvania?
Definition
William Penn
Term
What was New Amsterdam renamed after it was captured by England?
Definition
New York
Term
William Penn and his Quakers were?
Definition
Peacemakers
Term
What colonies were part of the Southern Colonies?
Definition
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Term
What cash crop caused the growth of Virginia?
Definition
Tobacco
Term
Where was the House of Burgesses, the first assembly to set laws, located?
Definition
Viginia
Term
Instead of money what was used in the plantation ecomony?
Definition
Trading
Term
What were the three different types of people that worked together to make plantations successful?
Definition
Plantation Owners
Slaves
Indentured Servants
Term
The Carolina's grew rice and indigo on large farms called?
Definition
Plantations
Term
What was the shipping route that included Britian, the British colonies, and Africa called?
Definition
Triangular Trade Route
Term
In addition to goods, what else did traders carry along the trade routes?
Definition
Enslaved Africans
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