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13 Colony Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the government in Virginia? | House of Burgesses |
| What religion were most people in Maryland? | Catholic |
| What is a Pilgrim? | someone that travels for religious reasons |
| What is a settlement? | a small, new community |
| Name two main reasons that most colonies were founded? | religious freedom and looking for riches |
| What was an indentured servant? | a person that wanted to come to the colonies would have their passage paid and then have to work off the debt |
| What is a debt? | money owed to someone |
| What was an assemblyman? | a man that was elected to the government in a colony |
| What was a slave? | a person that was forced to work for another without receiving any payment |
| Name two reasons why Georgia was established. | buffer zone from Spanish and for debtors to work off money owed instead of going to prison |
| What was wrong with the land around Jamestown? | swampy, marshy, bad water |
| What happened to the settlers in Roanoke? | no one knows |
| What nickname was Roanoke given? | The Lost Colony |
| What was the only evidence found in Roanoke? | The letters CRO carved on a tree |
| Who were the first settlers in Massachusetts? | Pilgrims |
| Which religious group did most people belong to in Massachusetts? | Puritans |
| Why was Virginia considered to be democratic? | white, make landowners voted on the representatives for the government |
| What was the government document written, signed, and followed by the Pilgrims? | Mayflower Compact |
| What time of the year did the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth, Massachusetts? | winter |
| Why did the Northern, Middle, and Southern Colonies have different economic systems? | because they had different natural resources and different climates |
| What did plantations grow to make money? | cash crops |
| Name four of the cash crops grown in the colonies? | tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo |
| Which colonies used slaves as their labor force? | all thirteen |
| Which religious group was Pennsylvania founded to protect? | Quakers |
| Which religious group was Massachusetts Bay Colony established to protect? | Puritans |
| Which religioius group was Maryland founded to protect? | Catholics |
| Why was the Dutch colony of New York taken by the British or England? | access to the West |
| Which of the 13 colonies was established to protect the colonies? | Georgia |
| Why was Rhode Island established by Roger Williams? | religious freedom |
| Name the Northern Colonies. | New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts |
| Name the Middle Colonies. | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania |
| Name the Southern Colonies. | Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia |
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