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13 Colonies Test
13 Colonies Test Study Stack for Studying
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first colonial settlement | Roanoke Colony |
| What was the first permanent and successful English settlement | Jamestown |
| What colony started began a form of self government | Jamestown |
| Early form of representative government | House of Burgesses |
| Religious groups called sepratists | Pilgrims |
| rules the Pilgrims created for the colony, created fair laws for all members of the colony | Mayflower Compact |
| The wanted to purify the church of england | Puritans |
| New England colonies | New Hampshire, massachusetts, connecticut, rhode island |
| Middle Colonies | New York, New jersey, pennsylvania, delaware |
| Southern Colonies | Maryland, Virginia, Carolinas, Georgia |
| Triangular Trade | The pattern of trade that developed between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. |
| Middle Passage | The horrific journey slaves were forced to take after being taken/kidnapped from Africa and taken to America |
| Mercantilism | The belief that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country. |
| Navigation Acts | all goods must be carried on English ships, all goods had to be taxed by England then sold to the colonies. |
| Plantations | the place where farming was done in the southern colonies |
| Cash Crops | Crops that are sold for a huge profit |
| Toleration | the acceptance of people from different places with different religious beliefs. |
| The new england colonies | fished and whaled |
| subsistence farming | when you grow enough food to feed your families and maybe even help feed other families |
| Southern colonies had a | hot humid climate |
| The southern colonies had | the most slaves |
| The soil in the southern colonies was | the most rich |
| Breadbasket colonies | Middle colonies |
| Diverse region | settlers from many countries settled in the middle colonies |
| Middle colonies grew | wheat, barley, oats, rye, corn |