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U.S History Exam
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| New England Description | thin,rocky,soil/Cold winters. Economies: Fishing,ship building, whaling |
| Middle Colonies Description | fertile soil/cold winters economies: selling wheat barley and rye |
| Southern colonies Description | natural harbors/mild winters economies: selling tobacco and cotton. |
| What happened in 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia was established |
| Why is 1607 important? | It was the first successful English settlement. |
| What is the Mayflower Compact? | social document of self government |
| What is the Virginia House of Burgesses? | makes laws for the southern colony |
| What was the Magna Carta? | limits the king's power to tax nobles |
| what is mercantilism? | economic system where the colony provides the mother country with raw materials and the mother country makes a profit from goods. |
| Why did the British use the system of mercantilism? | So the mother country would earn money |
| who established Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
| What colony did William Penn create? | Pennsylvania |
| What colony was created by the Puritans? | Massachusetts |
| Why did the puritans come to america? | religious freedom (supposedly) |
| what crop made Jamestown successful? | tobacco |
| jamestown was located in the larger colony of _________ ? | Virginia |
| Why were slaves brought into the colonies from Africa? | to work on tobacco plantations |
| the new England colonies include:_______,________,______,____, | new Hampshire, Massachusetts,rhode island and connecticut |
| the middle colonies include: ______,______,_______,______, | new york, new jersey, Pennsylvania, and there's little Delaware |
| southern colonies: | Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and theres dear old georgia |
| which region is know as the breadbasket colonies? | middle colonies |
| what is the great awakening? | a new wave of religious enthusiasm that swept across the colonies between 1720 and 1750 |
| what is a primary source? | documents,speeches,written records or pictures created by people in the historical event |
| give 2 examples of primary sources: | picture or diary entry |
| what's a cash crop? | crop used to sell money |
| legislative power is ______________________________________________________________________ | making laws |
| executive power is __________________________________________________________________ | executing laws |
| judicial power is __________________________________________________ | interpreting laws |
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