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Colonies and Colonial regions

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region that was the most tolerant and diverse   Middle  
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region that had a large number of slaves   Southern  
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region where the Scots-Irish dominated   Backcountry  
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region where Puritans had power   New England  
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region that had the largest cities   Middle  
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region that depended on fishing and shipbuilding   New England  
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region that included subsistence farmers who grew corn   Backcountry  
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region that was influenced by Quakers   Middle  
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region where planters had power   Southern  
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region that grew tobacco, rice and indigo   Southern  
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region that was called the "Breadbasket colonies"   Middle  
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region where society was organized around Clans   Backcountry  
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region where small towns were important   New England  
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region where people who disagreed with Puritans (dissenters) formed own colonies   New England  
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region(s) that had few slaves and the most rights for women   Backcountry or Middle  
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region that believed in teaching everyone to read   New England  
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region that was mainly Church of England (Anglican) with some Catholics   Southern  
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region where rocky soil made it hard to have large farms   New England  
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region(s) that had few cities and mostly a rural population   Southern or Backcountry  
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region where art was less likely to be practical   Southern  
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colony founded by Thomas Hooker   Connecticut  
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colony founded by William Penn   Pennsylvania  
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colony founded by James Oglethorpe   Georgia  
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colony founded by Lord Baltimore   Maryland  
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colony founded by Roger Williams   Rhode Island  
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colony founded by Puritans   Massachusetts  
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colony that started with the Jamestown settlers   Virginia  
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oldest and most populated colonies   Virginia and Massachusetts  
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colonies with religious tolerance   Maryland, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania  
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colonies started by eight proprietors (owners)   South and North Carolina  
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region that included New York and New Jersey   Middle  
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region that included New Hampshire and Connecticut   New England  
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region that included Georgia and Maryland   Southern  
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region that included the western regions near the Appalachians   Backcountry  
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