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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | An official document giving a person permission to settle in an area |
| Colony | A settlement far away from a country that rules it |
| cash crop | A crop that is grown to be sold for profit |
| indentured servants | A person from England who signed a contract to serve a master in exchange to be brought to the us and food,clothing,and shelter once they arrived |
| Separatists | pilgrims that wanted to separate from the church of England |
| pilgrims | A person who travels to a place as a act of religious devotion |
| Centuries | 100 years |
| triangular trade | Trade rouge over the Atlantic ocean |
| Plantations | colonial farmers grew crops like rice, and cotton |
| Imports | products brought into the colonies from England |
| Exports | to send goods to other countries for sale or use |
| Assembly | A lawmaking body |
| Legislation | A law passed by a lawmaking body |
| Where was the mayflower scheduled to land, where did it actually land | Virginia It landed in Cape Cod,MA |
| what was the name of the agreement signed by the pilgrims for the first plan of government | mayflower , Compact |
| How did pilgrims avoid freezing on the mayflower | They huddled on the Mayflower |
| Why was life for the pilgrims difficult once they arrived on Plymouth | They did not have food |
| What did Europe give to Africa | Guns,textiles, manufactured goods |
| What did Africa give to the Americans | Slaves and Sugar |
| What did the Americans give to Europe | lumber, cod, and furs |
| Who is at fault for the slave trade | Greedy Europeans, New world plantations owners who wanted cheap labor, and African kings who desired manufactured good to Europe |
| New England Colonies | Never New Hampshire Make Massachusetts Cynthia Connecticut Run Rhode island |
| Middle Colonies | New New jersey Pennies Pennsylvania New New York Dimes Delaware |
| Southern Colonies | M Maryland V Virginia N North Carolina S South Carolina G Georgia |
| Were is Roanoke island located | North Carolina |
| Why is Roanoke island so mysterious | When John white came back from is journey the island was deserted and nobody knows what and happened to them and where did they go |
| What cash crop was valuable in Jamestown | Corn and tobacco |
| Where is Jamestown located | Virginia |
| What was the role of Pocahontas and John Smith | Pocahontas saved John Smith from getting killed and John Smith was the leader of Jamestown, the first colony |
| Southern colonies | Plantation owners relied heavily on slavery. |
| Middle colonies | The Dutch claimed important territory in New York the English eventually took the area. New York was once called New Amsterdam. |
| Southern colonies | Plantation owners also had influence in the government,laws, and rules of the colonies.proprietary colonies are owned by someone ,rather than a government . |
| Southern colonies | Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies |
| Middle colonies | The Patroon system gave huge plots of land to wealthy settlers that would bring large groups of people to the new world. It was an unsuccessful program. |
| Middle colonies | NJ was formed because NY was so big it needed to be split. |
| Middle colonies | Pennsylvania was a colony founded by the Quakers and practiced religious tolerance.It was known as the holy experiment. |
| New England colonies-Massachusetts -What did Puritans and Pilgrims want | To practice their religion freely |
| New England colonies-Connecticut-What is the difference between Massachusetts and Connecticut | The government ways of ruling |
| New England colonies-Rhode Island-What did Roger Williams believe about church and government | He believed the church had to much power and he thought they had to be separated |
| New England colonies-Rhode Island-What is toleration | Willingness to let others practice their own belief |
| New England colonies-Rhode Island-What two ideas came from Rhode Island the we put in our constitution | Freedom of religion and separation of church and state. |