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Middle and Southern Colonies
Norwin Gr 5 Middle and southern colonies
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Social Studies
5th Grade
01/20/2013

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James, the Duke of York
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proprietor of New Netherland when Rngland captured it - changed name to New York
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proprietor
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a person who owned and controlled land all the land in a colony
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John Berkeley and George Carteret
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best friends of James, Duke of York - named their colonies East and West Jersey
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representative
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someone who is chosen to speak or act for others
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William Penn
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founder of Pennsylvania where people could worship freely
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treaty
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officai agreement between nations or groups
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Philadelphia
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Where the Delaware and Schuykill rivers meet; biggest city in Britsh colonies
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Benjamin Franklin
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Philadelphia's most famous citizen
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Bought a printing press, sterted Philadelphia's first library, scientist, inventor
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Benjamin Franklin
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German, Dutch, Scotch-Irish, Scandanavian, English
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the places people from the Middle colonies came from
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how most people in the middle colonies made a living
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farming
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trade
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importnat part of cities
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free market economy
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the people decided what would be produced
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free enterprise
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economic system in which people may start any business in which they believe they will succeed
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artisan
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a person who is skilled at making something by hand
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laborer
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person who does hard physical work
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apprentice
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someone who studies with a master to learn a skill or business
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Virginia
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the largest and wealthiest English v
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Virginia
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the largest and wealthiest English colony
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first elected government
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Virginia
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plantation
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large farm
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legislature
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a group of people with the power to make and change laws
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Cecilius Calvert
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wanted to make Maryland a refuge for Catholics
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refuge
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safe place
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Virginia's legislature
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House of Burgesses
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Burgesses
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representatives
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Charles II
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started coony of Carolina
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James Oglethorpe
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given colony of Georgia; named after King George
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debtor
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person who owes money
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Rules of Georgia
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not drink alcohol, own slaves, or elect their own legislature
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South Carolina
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good soil and many harbors
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North Carolina
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harbors, not very good soil
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cash crops
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tobacco and rice
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indigo
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plant that could be made into a dark blue dye
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Charles Town
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traders and planters bought, sold, and exported thousands of pounds of tobacco, rice and indigo here
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overseer
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a person who watches and directs the work of other people
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spiritual
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African American religious folk song
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slavery
Definition
the practice of owning people
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Toleration Act
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first law in North American to promise that all Chrisitians could worship freely
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self-government
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when the poeple who live in a place make laws for themselves
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