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| Why did the Pilgrims & Puritans come to MA? |
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| To practice religion their own way |
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| Who was the founder of the (Puritan) MA Bay Colony? |
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Who were the founders of RI? |
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Roger Williams - founded Providence (and Anne Hutchinson) |
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| The NY colony was originally named what? |
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New Netherland New York City = New Amsterdam |
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| Why did the NY founders "find" NY |
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| What was the fist written constitution in the colonies? |
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| The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| Who were PA's first settlers? |
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| What was one reason PA was special? |
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| They paid Natives fo land |
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| Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore), in 1632, because his father, George (the previous Lord Baltimore), wanted a place where Catholics could escape persecution. |
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| The Act of Toleration (MD) was unique because... |
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| it was the first law in the colonies guarenteeing religious freedom |
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| What was the name of the Indian Princess (VA) |
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| What did VA economy heavily depend on at first? |
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| Tobacco, first grown in the colonies by John Rolfe (Jamestown) |
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1. To be a place where poor/debters could start a new life
w. to be a military buffer between the colonies and Spanish Florida |
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| What were the five Southern colonies? |
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| Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland |
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| How did Southerners meet their labor shortage? |
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-slaves
-indentured servents
-criminals
-prisoners |
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| What is the Mason-Dixon line? |
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| the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania to settle land disputes |
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| When was the Act of Toleration overthrown? |
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| 1649, Anglican church became the official church of MD |
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| Why did Nathaniel Bacon oppose the colonial government? What did it show? |
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-because it was dominated by Easterners
-showed that settlers were not willing to be restricted to the coast |
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| How did the geography in the South affect its economic activity? |
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Good soil = farming (rice, indigo)
Coast = fishing, trade (for slaves for crops) |
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| Who ACTUALLY settled in GA? |
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| poor people; those seeking religious freedom; those seeking political freedom |
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| What was the main crop in the Chesapeake colonies (VA, MD) |
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| Main crop in SC, GA was... |
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| large farm with multiple building and laborers; had overseers; for profit of plantation owner |
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Tidewater- a coastal region of flat, low-lying plains; most of the large plantations were located here
backcountry- a region of hills and forests west of the Tidewater climbing up towards the Appalachian Mtns. |
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| Which group controlled political and economic power in the South? |
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| strict rules controlling the bahavior/punishments of slaves to keep them "in line" |
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| Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York |
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| The English wanted New Netherlands (NY) because it had... |
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| an excellent harbor and thriving river trade |
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| a colony with an owner/governor who owns all the land and controls all the government |
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ethnically diverse
"Bread Basket" |
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"Society of Friends"
thought everyone was equal; pacifists; settled in PA |
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| Major port cities in Middle Colonies |
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New York City (New Amsterdam)
Philadelphia |
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| Middle Colony geography/economy |
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| Coast, rivers = fishing, trading |
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