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Colonial America
Question | Answer |
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Who was settled by Massachusets Bay colony? | Puritans |
What are the southern colonies? | Georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia. |
Which of the thirteen colonies was founded by people who had been in debtors prizon in England? These people were looking to make money in the new world by farming. | Georgia |
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World? This settlement was started as an economic venture. | Jamestown |
What was the name of the settlement established by sepratists from the Church of England called Pilgrims? | Plymouth |
After which war did England impose strict trade in the colonies? | French and Indian War |
Goveners enforced the laws in the colonies. What European law did the colonists have to follow? | England |
What are the New England colonies? | Maine, Massachusets, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conneticut |
What were the three cash crops grown in the south? | Cotton, tobacco, indigo |
Who worked as craftsmen in the towns and on the plantations? | Artisans |
Economic Relationship: The colonies traded ___ _________ for ___________ ________ goods. | Raw matireals for manufactured goods |
which group of people were treated as property with no rights? | Enslaved African Americans |
Did women, slaves, and indentured servents receive equal treatment? | No |
What was the religious group that established the colony of Pennsylavania? | Quakers |
Which mountain range is found in all three colonial regions? | Appalachian Mountains |
What were the middle colonies? | New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York |
In which colonial region was a major part of the economy based on raising livestock? | Mid Atlantic |
Which colonial region was known as the bread basket because of its grain farming? | Mid Atlantic |
What are some reasons people migrated to the New World? | to avoid religious persecution and economic freedom |
which colonial region has a humid climate with plantations? | southern colonies |
Which colonial region had a political life centered on town meetings? | New England |
which colonial region had rocky soil, a jagged coastline, and hilly terrain? | New England |
Which ccasnial region grew cash crops like rice, indigo, and tobacco? | Southern colonies |
Which colonial region had an economy based mainly on shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling? | New England |
Which colonial region had a large population of slaves? | Southern colonies |
What prevented the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains and increased the tension with England? | The Proclomation of 1763 |
What were the colonists called that worked the land acording to the region in which they lived? This group relied on family members for labor not slaves. | Farmers |
What were the people called that worked for someone who paid there passage to the colonies? These peopel were free when there contract ended. | Indentured survants |
In which colonial region was town and church the center of life? | New England |
Which colonial region was charictorized by varied and diverse lifestyles? | Mid Atlantic |
In which colonial region did most people belong to the church of England? | Southern |
Which colonial region had a population made up of religeous reformers and sepratists? | New England |
in which colonial region was the political life centered on market towns? | Mid Atlantic |
In which colonial region was the political life centered in countries? | Southern |
Which colonial region was charicterized by rich farmlands, caostal lowlands, a moderate climate, and wide rivers? | Mid Atlantic |