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Life in the Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What early three groups of English settlers came to the Americas to start colonies? | Pilgrims, Puritans, & Dutch |
| What were the two region these English settlers occupied in America? | The Middle Colonies & the South Colonies |
| What were the two main trades in the Northern Colonies (Middle Colonies)? | Wheat and Mining Iron |
| In the South, what were the five main cash crops that were grown in that area? | Tobacco, Rice, Sugar, & Indigo |
| What two things did the Dutch colonies build in the 1650s, which created a lot of money for them in the Middle Colonies? | A colony and trading post |
| What country captured the Dutch colony and renamed it New York after the King's brother, the Duke of York? | England |
| What was the name of the two proprietors that later created the area of New Jersey? | George Carteret & John Berkley |
| William Penn started a colony for the Quakers, what did he called it? | Pennsylvania |
| What was another colony that was created by other Quakers from Pennsylvania? | Delaware |
| The King of England gave who a part of Virginia in 1663? | Lord Baltimore |
| What did Lord Baltimore called that area that was given to him by the King of England, Charles I? | Maryland |
| What was the main religion in Maryland that Lord Baltimore wanted in Maryland? | Catholic Religion |
| By 1663, what new colony was created in the Americas by the English King, King Charles II ? | Carolina |
| What happened to the colony of Carolina in 1729 and why? | It split into North and South Carolina because of wealth and constant fighting among themselves |
| What new colony was created in America in 1732, that was named after King George of England? | Georgia |
| In early colonial times, what did people of England mainly worked as in the colonies? | Farmers |
| What did farmers traded their crops mostly for in the general market stores in town? | Tools, salt, guns, & gun powder |
| What were jobs mainly based in the North, Middle, and Southern colonies? | Land or sea jobs |
| What were the “Land” jobs in the colonies? | Farms, Construction, Markets, or Mining |
| What were the “Sea” jobs in the colonies? | Shipbuilding, Fishing, or Whaling |
| What did whalers in the Northern colonies make whale oil into for trade? | Lamp Oil, Candles, and Perfumes |
| What is trade that is taken from one's country and sold into another for profit? (The colonies are making money) | Exports |
| What is trade that is taken from another country and sold into the colonies for profit? (The colonies are losing money) | Imports |
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