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Colonial America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania was settled by the Quakers because they wanted to | Practice their faith without interference |
| How did New England use their natural resources in their region to earn a living? | Fishing and shipbuilding |
| Which two colonies were settled because those inhabitants were trying to avoid religious persecution? | Massachusetts Bay Colony and Plymouth |
| Georgia was settled by people who had been in ____? | debtor's prison |
| _____ was settled by the separatists from the Church of England who wanted to avoid religious persecution. | Plymouth |
| What best describes how the southern colonies used their natural resources to earn a living? | Large plantations, cash crops, and slavery |
| New England, Mid-Atlantic, and South are located in what mountain range? | Appalachian Mountains |
| Which answer best describes how people in the Mid-Atlantic region or the Middle colonies made a living? | Livestock and grain |
| Which answer best describes the southern colonies' climate? | humid |
| Colonist were forced to obey English laws that were enforced by ___? | colonial governors |
| Colonial governors were appointed by ____? | the king or proprietor |
| The Mid-Atlantic region can be described as having this type of climate? | moderate climate |
| Which region can described as having varied and diverse lifestyles, as well as diverse religion? | Mid-Atlantic |
| Jamestown was established as an ______ venture in ____ by the Virginia Company of London. | Economic, 1607 |
| Virginia was part of what colony that had plantations as part of their social and political life? | Southern |
| New England colonies are known for ____? | Moderate summers and cold winters |
| What did all 13 colonies have in common? | The colonies all produced goods for England |
| What is an example of interdependence between Mid-Atlantic and Southern colonies? | The Mid-Atlantic colonies traded livestock and grain to the Southern colonies for cotton. |
| What natural resource did the Southern colonies use? | tobacco |
| What made up New England's civic life? | town meetings |
| Who were men and women who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage and were free at the end of their contract? | Indentured servants |
| Who were owned as property for life with no rights? | Enslaved African Americans |
| Great Britain paid for the cost of fighting wars in North America by ____? | Taxing the colonies |
| Women were NOT able to ______? | Vote |
| Free African American ______? | Could own land |
| Puritans who left the Church of England, established which colony to avoid religious persecution? | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| What is Mid-Atlantic's specialization? | Livestock and grain |
| What is New England's specialization? | Fishing, shipbuilding, and manufacturing trade |
| What is the Southern's specialization? | Plantations, small farms, and cash crops |
| Who lived mostly in the south and depended on enslaved African Americans and indentured servants for labor? | Large landowners |
| Who worked directly on the land and often needed family members for labor? | Farmers |
| The Lost Colony is the name given to the settlement at ____? | Roanoke Island |
| What do colonial women and Free African Americans have in common? | Were NOT allowed to vote |
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