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13 Colonies 8th

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Which southern colony was settled first?   Jamestown  
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For what reason was Maryland founded?   Catholics  
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Who began the policy, "Don't work, don't eat."   John Smith  
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Which colony was founded for debtors?   Georgia  
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What two products did South Carolina depend on?   rice and indigo  
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In what year was Jamestown founded?   1607  
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Which colony had more Africans that white men?   South Carolina  
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What crop did Virginia rely on for profit?   tobacco  
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List all of the southern colonies?   virginia, georgia, maryland, south carolina, north carolina  
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Who was Maryland named after?   Queen Henrietta Maria  
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Who founded Georgia?   James Orgelthorpe  
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What piece of legislation in Maryland is a precursor to freedom of religion?   Act of Tolerance  
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Who led Bacon's Rebellion   Nathaniel Bacon  
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What was the first representative government in America   House of Burgesses  
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Which colony was home to poor tobacco farmers and produced supplies for building ships?   North Carolina  
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What man stepped up and saved Jamestown due to his leadership skills?   John Smith  
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What Native American helped to bring peace to Jamestown and the Powhatans?   Pocahontus  
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what river was Jamestown located on?   James River  
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When was the starving time in Jamestown?   winter of 1609-1610  
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What colonies are considered Middle Colonies   Deleware, pennsylvania, new york, new jersey  
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who originally took new york from the native americans?   the Dutch  
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What was new york originally called?   New Netherland  
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What were owners of large tracts of land in new netherland   patroons  
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New netherland allowed people from all   religions  
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who swore to defend new amsterdam   Stuyvesant  
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Did the british fight when they overtook new netherland   no  
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King charles gave new netherland to   duke of york  
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Where did new york get its name?   Duke of york  
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Why did the duke of york split new jersey and new york?   too big  
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What two men had control of new jersey?   lord berkley and sir george cartaret  
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what colony does the king give land to one or more poeple?   proprietary  
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What attracted people to new jersey?   fertile land, resources, people of diversity  
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in 1702 new jersey became a - colony   royal  
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Who founded pennsylvania?   william penn  
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what did quakers believe?   all people were equal, against war  
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Why did penn want a charter?   wanted a refuge for quakers  
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penn allowed - freedom in his colony   religious  
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Settlers paid - - for land in Pennsylvania   Native americans  
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German speaking protestants were called   pennsylvania dutch  
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The capital of Pennsylvania was called   philadelphia  
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Philadelphia means   brotherly love  
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what broke away from pennsylvania to form a new colony   deleware  
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in 1701, penn allowed the lower counties of pennsylvania to elect their own   assembly  
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the majority of the people in the middle colonies made their living by   farming  
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crops sold for money at market are called   cash crops  
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the middle colonies were called the   bread basket  
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who live in the middle colonies   artisans  
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instead of towns, the middle colonies lived in   counties  
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Who introduced log cabins   swedish  
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who introduced red brick houses   dutch  
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what were the back country   where the german and scoth irish people lived  
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Where was the back country located   appalachian mountains  
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who were the first to settle in mass?   pilgrims  
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where did the pilgrims settle   plymouth village  
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what was the reason for settling mass?   Religious freedom  
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who led the migration to mass in the 1630's   puritans  
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what did the mass bay company want colony built on   bible  
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what other reason did people go to mass   economy  
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Who was the first governor of mass   john winthrope  
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who could vote in mass   male church members  
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what was the general court   people elected by male church members  
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how many people migrated to mass from england during the great migration   15000  
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who founded conn   thomas hooker  
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why did hooker leave mass   said government had too much power, they kicked him out  
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the government in mass and conn were similar except for the   fundamental orders of conn  
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Conn became a seperate colony in   1662  
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who settled rhode island   roger williams  
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why was roger williams kicked out of mass   he said the church and state should be seperate  
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what is a willingness to let others practice their own beliefs   religious tolerance  
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where did williams go when he was kicked out   narragansett bay  
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who did williams buy land from   native americans  
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The first synagogue was built in   rhode island 1760  
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why was anne hutchinson put on trial?   questioned the teachings of the church  
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where did anne move   rhode island  
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What was the result of the King Phillips war   taxes, colonists and native americans died  
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The puritans believed people should worships and deal with matters as a   group  
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the english people lived in   towns  
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what was the center of each village   meeting hall  
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what was the day of rest   sabbath  
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Where did you go on the sabbath   church  
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what was discussed at town meetings   everything  
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in what year were people executed as being witches in mass?   1692  
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How did the new englanders make a living   agriculture, ship materials, trade with indians  
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Why did the puritans decline   ministers had less power, less people moved to america from england  
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North Carolina   poor farmers, ship supplies  
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South Carolina   wealthy, more slaves than white men, rice and indigo  
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Maryland   Cecil lord Baltimore, Queen Henrietta Maria, Proprietary, Act of Tolerance  
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Georgia   James Ogelthorpe,wanted a place for debtors, banned slavery, limited size of land, rice  
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Deleware   was in south Pennsylvania, did not want to send delegates to philadelphia, asked for own assembly  
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Pennsylvania   William Penn, friend of King, Quaker, wanted a place for quakers, has religious tolerance  
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New Jersey   Duke of York thought land was too big, Gave land to Lord Berkley and Sir George Cartaret  
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New York   owned by dutch, Peter Stuyvesant(dutch), english took land  
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New Hampshire   trading and fishing villages in Mass become seperate colony  
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Rhode Island   Roger Williams said church and state should be seperate, kicked out, went to narragansett, Anne Hutchinson  
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Connecticut   Thomas Hooker, Believed government had too much power. Fundamental orders of con.  
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Plymouth Village   Pilgrims, once lived in netherland  
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Massachusettes Bay Colony   Based on bible by puritans, John Winthrop, light on a hill, economy, male church members could vote, great migration  
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Virginia   Jamestown, Virginia Company of London (Joint stock company) House of burgesses, magna carta, Bacons rebellion  
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