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colonies
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Political Studies
7th Grade
11/18/2008

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how did new netherland become new york
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the dutch and english began fighting, the english won and renamed it after the duke of york
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why did new jersy separate fron new york
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the duke of york gave land to lord berkly and george calvert, set up a propietary colony
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how was penn. fouded
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by william penn, who was a quaker and given a land grant by the king
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what are quakers and what do they believe in?
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settled in pennslyvania,every one was equal in God's eyes, disliked war
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relationship w/ natives
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nice, payed for thier land
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how was deleware formed?
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the lower parts of pennslyvania
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the counties in the colonies, why?
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homes were farther apart so therre was a larger gov.
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what are the cash crops
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wheat barly and rye
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the nikename for the middle colonies
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the breadbasket colonies
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how they got money other than farming
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skilled artisans, mined iron ore
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