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| What are the 4 main New England Colonies? |
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| Massachutes, Conneticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. |
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| They were the people that did not want to seperate from the England church, but wanted to purify it (they settled the Massachutes Bay Company) |
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| Who founded Conneticut? Why? |
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| Thomas Hooker: because he felt MA had too much governor power |
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| Who founded Rhode Island? Why? |
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| Roger Williams: because he believed in the seperation of Church and State. He was sent away from MA and settled in RI |
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| Who went to court to face charges, was found guilty, and them moved to Rhode Island? |
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| What 2 activities was the New England Economy based on? |
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| What were the 4 Middle Colonies? |
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| New York, New Jersey, Deleware, and Pennsylvania. |
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| New Netherland is the old name for what state? |
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| Who did the English beat for control of New Netherland? |
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| What is a Proprietary Colony? |
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| Where the king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment |
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| A colony under the direct control of the English crown |
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| Who founded Pennsylvania? What religion was he? |
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William Penn: Protestant Reformer
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| How did the Quakers get the Native Americans land? |
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| By paying the natives for the land (rent) |
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| A crop sold for money at a market. |
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| What were the Southern Colonies? |
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| Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
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| What was the Mason-Dixon line? |
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| The boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. (This line divided the middle colonies from the southern colonies) |
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| Who founded Maryland? Why? |
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| George Calvert: because he wanted to build a colony where Catholics could practice freely. |
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| What was the bacon rebellion? |
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| When the settlers and the natives were fighting over land. |
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| What were the two main crops of South Carolina? |
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| They were rice and indigo. |
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| Who founded Georgia? Why? |
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| James Olglethrope: started as a place where debtors could make a fresh start |
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| What is a Tidewater Plantation? |
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| Was a place where slaves grew tobbaco |
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| What did slave traders exchange slaves for? |
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| What name was given to the voyager from Africa to the West Indies? |
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| Treated inslaved Africans not as human beings but as property |
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| The belief that one race is superior to another |
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| A nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade |
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| What is an export and an inport? |
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| Exports are goods sent to markets outside of country. Inports are goods brought in to an country. |
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| What were the Navigation Acts? |
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| Regulated trade only England benefited. |
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| What is Triangular Trade? |
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| It is from New England to West Africa to the West Indies. |
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| A group of people who have the power to make laws |
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| What was the lower house responsible for? |
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| What is the Bill of Rights? |
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| A written list of rights of freedom the government promises to protect |
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| Who were the two powerful creatures that started the Great Awakening? |
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| Jonathon Edwards and George Whitefield |
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| Who had the first public school? |
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| A person who worked for a master to learn a trade or craft |
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| It is a private school run by women in their own home |
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| Why did southerners hire tutors? |
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| They hired them because the schools were too far away |
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| What is the Enlightenment? |
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| The Enlightenment is a movement of applying scientific thinking to society |
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| What were Ben Franklin's practical inventions? |
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| The ligtening rod, the smokeless fireplace, and bifocal glasses |
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| What were Ben Franklin's inventions for the town? |
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| They were paved streets, a fire company, and he told them to set up the first lending center in the Americas |
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| What freedom came out of the trial of John Peter Zenger? |
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| What side (British or French) were the Hurons on? |
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| What side (British or French) were the Iroquois on? |
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| What battle did Washington lose? |
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| The battle against the French |
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| What was the Albany Congress? |
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| A meeting of 9 colonies to create an agreement with the Iroquoies called the Treaty of Easton |
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| What was the Treaty of Easton? |
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| It promised not to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| Who was General Braddock? |
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| He was the man who boasted on his victories and when moving loudly through the forest, had a surprise attack and many of his men were killed |
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| William Pitt focused all attention on the 13 colonies. He captured Fort Duquesrie. He renamed it Fort Pitt now known as Pittsburgh. |
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| What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? |
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| France lost all land in NA except for two small islands. British gained French lands. Also, Spain gave Florida to Britain and gained all French land west of the MI. |
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| What were the middle colonies known as? |
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