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SS colonization p1
english colonization ss study questions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What problems did settlers at jamestown face? | They had to work and they where not especting too.they dident know how to set up a settlement. |
| Why did the pilgrims have an easier time surviving than the Jamestown colony? | They know how to set up a settlement. they where organized. |
| What crops were grown in the middle colonies and what where the known as because of this? | They grew, grain, wheet, rye, and barly, they where known as the breadbasket colony. |
| What activites contributed to the middle colonies economy? | the farming of grains,trade, fishing, and manafacturing. |
| What was the geography in the New England colonies and what jobs did they have because of this? | rocky soil, sort growing season thick forests and coast line . the coast line had many ports and harbors so they could build ships, fish,whaling, lumbering, trade |
| What products were grown on plantations? | topacco, rice,indago (blue dye) cash crops |
| explain why plantation where self sufficient. | plantations were self sufficent because they where able to provide everthing for everyone - food, clothing, shelter, without needin to go off the plantation. |
| Who are proprieters? | People who had land to divide up |
| What is religious tolerance? | When you can practice any religion you want |
| Why were Connecticut and Rhode Island settled? | The believed the government had to much power so they left Massachussets |
| Who were the Puritans? | People who lived in Plymouth and believed Church and State should be separate |
| Why did the Puritans settle in Massachusetts? | It had inexpensive land and people could start businesses. |
| Punishment forms | Dunking, stock, hanging |
| Salem Witch trials | They accussed women of being witches in Massachusetts |
| What did people do on Sunday in the New England colonies? | Church |
| Who is William Penn? | A Quaker who settled in Pennsylvania to escape persecution |
| Voting Qualifications in colonies | Male, land owner |
| House of burgesses | First self-governing body in America |
| Mayflower Compact | An agreement that described the rules and laws that govern the settlement |
| Town Meetings | Where peoole can speak about government |
| James Ogelthorpe | Established Georgia where debtors could start over |
| Mercantilism | Exports help a country earn money, so a county wants to sell more than it buys |
| Triangle Trade | 3 legs of a trade root |
| Navigation Acts | Laws passed by Britain to help control trade between England and the colonies. England benefitted from this trade |
| Who was involved in Triangle Trade | Great Britain, North American colonies, West Indies and Africa |
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