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HISTORY
Colonial America Test
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History
6th Grade
12/12/2012

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Term
2 main reasons colonies were established in the new world
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  • economic
  • religious
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3 economic settlements
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  • Roanoke Island
  • Jamestown
  • Georgia
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3 religious settlements
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  • Plymouth
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony
  • Pennsylvania
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Which religious group settled in Pennsylvania?
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Quakers
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Roanoke Island was known as the
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Lost Colony
Term
People that were in debtor's prison in England settled in
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Georgia
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Separatists from the Church of England
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established Plymouth colony
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the first permanent English settlement in North America
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Jamestown
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Massachusetts Bay Colony was
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settled by Puritans
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New England colonies
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held town meetings
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Southern colonies
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had few schools and cities
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rocky soil and a short growing season
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New England Colonies
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Mid-Atlantic colonies
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had a moderate climate throughout the year
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Africans shipped to the colonies and forced to work on plantations
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slaves
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Slaves
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were considered property for life and had no rights
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women
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worked as caretakers, houseworkers and homemakers
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Could not vote and had few chances for education
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women
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farmers
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worked the land according to the region and relied on family members for labor
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artisans
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  • worked as craftsmen in town and on plantations
  • lived in small villages and cities
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large landowners
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  • lived mainly in the south
  • relied on indentured servants and slaves for labor
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indentured servants
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  • could not pay for passage to the colonies
  • worked without pay to come over
  • free at the end of their contract
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free blacks
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  • able to own land
  • more economic freedom
  • could work for pay

 

Term
Free blacks were not allowed to
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vote
Term
England
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controlled colonial trade
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After the ______________England taxed the colonies.
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French and Indian War
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Colonies traded
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raw materials to England
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Colonies bought
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manufactured goods from England
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Colonial governors
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 enforced the English laws in the colonies
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Colonial governors could be appointed by
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the king or proprietor
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made laws for each colony
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colonial legislatures
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