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| Who was the leader of Jamestown? |
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| When and where was Jamestown founded? |
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| What were the early problems in Jamestown? |
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| Mosquitos, Malaria, Sickness from river water, hot summers, cold winters, time wasted by looking for gold that wasn't there. |
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| How many times was Roanoke established? |
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| After John Smith returned to Roanoke, what happened? |
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| He found no trace of Roanoke, it was gone. Nobody knows what happened to it. |
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| What is an Indentured Servant? |
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| A person who sold their labor to someone. That someone, in return, paid the servant's passage to Jamestown. |
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| What is a Plantation System? |
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| Division of the land into smaller parts under private ownership. |
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| What is subsistence farming? |
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| Growing only enough food for yourself |
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| The people on the Mayflower who landed at Plymouth and started Thanksgiving |
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| The people that wanted to purify the practices of the Church of England |
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| The people that welcomed other religions and ethnic groups |
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| Which one of the Great Lakes touches the colonies? |
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| What was the colonial era? |
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| The period of time in which the 13 colonies were established |
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| What was the Mayflower Compact? |
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| An agreement signed by the men of the Mayflower vowing to follow laws agreed upon for the good of the colony |
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| What happened in Plymouth, Massachusetts? |
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| The Mayflower landed with the pilgrims and Thanksgiving was started |
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| Where are the 13 colonies? |
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| The coast of the Atlantic Ocean |
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| Name the three geographic regions. |
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| New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies |
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| What were the POLITICAL motives for settlement of English colonies? |
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| Wealth & land for England and settlers wanted political freedom. |
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| What were the ECONOMICAL motives for settlement of English colonies? |
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| Free land, new opportunity and manufacturers wanted raw materials |
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| What were the RELIGIOUS motives for settlement of English colonies? |
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| Settlers wanted religious freedom |
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| What were the SOCIAL motives for settlement of English colonies? |
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| Settlers wanted to break away from England's 'class system', in America hard work had equal opportunities for success; land ownership; power. |
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| What was the growing season like for the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies? |
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| What did Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson do? |
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Roger- founded Rhode Island which had religious freedom
Anne- led discussions at home which challenged church authority and was forced to leave Mass. and fled to RI |
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| What did William Penn do? |
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| Was gifted Pennsylvania, which he used to create a colony where Quakers could live according to their Quaker beliefs |
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| What did James Oglethorpe do? |
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| Founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors |
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| What did the Duke of York do? |
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| Drove the Dutch out of 'New Netherland' which made it New York. That made him the owner of the colony New York |
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| Why were the New England colonies settled? |
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| The pilgrims and puritans were seeking religious refuge |
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| Why were the Middle colonies settled? |
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Penn.- religious tolerance
NY, NJ, Delaware- Political reasons |
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| Why were the Southern colonies settled? |
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VA, NC, SC- Investments made in trade
Georgia- refuge for debtors from England |
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| The New England colonies were... |
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Mass.
Rhode Island
Conn.
New Hampshire |
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| The Middle colonies were... |
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| The Southern colonies were... |
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| Which group of colonies were big on farming? |
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| Where waterfalls prevent large boats from moving farther upriver |
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