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These are for Unit 2, which is about the 1st American colonies
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7th Grade
09/25/2011

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List the New England Colonies:
Definition
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
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Who were the Puritans?
Definition
people who didn't want to separate from the church
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Who founded Connecticut? Why?
Definition
Thomas Hooker, because he thought MA had too much government power
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Who founded Rhode Island? Why?
Definition
Roger Williams, because he believed in the separation of church and state
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Who went to court to face charges, was found guilty, and then moved to Rhode Island?
Definition
Ann Hutchinson
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What was the New England economy based on? (2 activities)
Definition
logging and fishing
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List the Middle Colonies. (4)
Definition
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
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New Netherland is the old name for what state?
Definition
New York
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Who did the English beat for control of New Netherland?
Definition
the Dutch
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What is a Proprietary Colony?
Definition
a colony where the king gave land to 1 or more people in return for a yearly payment
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What is a Royal Colony?
Definition
a colony under direct control of the English Crown
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Who founded Pennsylvania? What religion was he?
Definition
William Penn, catholic
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How did the Quakers get the Native American's land?
Definition
they paid them for it
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What is a cash crop?
Definition
a crop sold for money at market
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What were the middle colonies known as?
Definition
the bread basket colonies
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List the Southern Colonies. (5)
Definition
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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What was the Mason-Dixon line?
Definition
the line/boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland
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Who founded Maryland? Why?
Definition
George Calvert, because he wanted a colony where Catholics could worship freely
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Explain the Bacon Rebellion.
Definition
Settlers rebelled because they wanted to get rid of the Natives, but the governor wouldn't help because of his fur trade w/ the natives. So Nethaniel Bacon led a mob to burn down Jamestown.
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What were the 2 main crops of South Carolina?
Definition
indigo and rice
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Who founded Georgia? why?
Definition
James Oglethorpe, so debtors could start fresh
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What is a Tidewater Plantation?
Definition
large plantations w/ many slaves and access to rivers
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What did slave traders exchange slaves for?
Definition
guns and other goods
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What name was given to the voyage from Africa to the West Indies?
Definition
The Middle Passage
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What is the slave code?
Definition
where inslaved Africans were treated as property, not as humans
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What is racism?
Definition
the belief one race is superior to another
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What is Mercantilism
Definition
a nation becoming strong by keeping  strict contol over its trade
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What is an export? Import?
Definition

export- goods sent to market outside a country

imort- goods brought into a country

Term
What were the Navigtion Acts?
Definition
regulated trade, only England benefitted
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Explain Triangular Trade:
Definition
New England, West Africa, and the West Indies depended on each other for certain goods
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What is legislature?
Definition
a group of people who have the power to make laws
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What was the lower house responsible for?
Definition
elected assembly, aprroved taxes
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What is the Bill of Rights?
Definition
a written list of rights of freedom the government promises
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Who were the 2 powerful preachers who started the Great Awakening?
Definition
Jonathan Eswards and George Whitefield
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Who had the first public school?
Definition
Massachusetts
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What is an apprentice?
Definition
someone who worked for a master to learn a trade or craft
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What is a Dame School?
Definition
a private school run by women in their own homes
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Why did Southernors higher tutors?
Definition
because schools were too far away to send their kids to
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What is the Enlightenment?
Definition
the movement of applying scientific thinking to society
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List Ben Franklins practical inventions:
Definition
electricity, smokeless fireplaces, bifocals
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List Ben Franklins inventions for the town:
Definition
fire department, lending library, paved streets
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What Freedom came out of the trial of John Peter Zenger?
Definition
Freedom of the Press
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What side (British or French) were the Hurons on?
Definition
French
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What side (Britich or French) were the Iroquois on?
Definition
British
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What battle did Washington lose?
Definition
the battle at Fort Necessity
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What was the Albany Congress
Definition
a meeting of 9 colonies
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What was the Treaty of Easton?
Definition
the meeting to get peace with the Iroquois
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Who was general Braddock?
Definition
the British general who's army was ambushed
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Who was William Pitt?
Definition
the man who captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh is named after him)
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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris?
Definition

1) Frace lost all land except for 2 small islands

2) Britian gained all French land

3) Spain gave Floida to Britian, gained all French lands west of the MI

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