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CRHistory
Unit 1 B
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did the Pilgrims & Puritans come to America? | religious freedom |
| Why is the Mayflower Compact important? | established democracy in America |
| What is ethnocentrism? | the belief that your culture is the best |
| What is indentured servant? | a person who signed a contract to work in exchange for transportation to America |
| What was one advantage to slavery? | cheap supply of labor |
| Why is the term Native American inacurate? | No people are native to America |
| Why were European diseases so deadly to Native Americans? | they had no immunity |
| Why was the land issue so controversial between Native Americans and the colonists? | Native Americans believed the land should be shared. The colonists wanted to own the land. |
| What was the "caste system?" | social class structure based on race used in New Spain |
| The economy of the Southern colonies was based on? | agriculture |
| Where was the first permanent English colony in North America? | Jamestown |
| What region on the country favored slavery? | the South |
| Why did the colonies grow so rapidly? | a healthy place, large families |
| How did the Southerners justify the existence of slavery? | protect the economy of the South |
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