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Nov 24
assessment 2
20
History
5th Grade
11/24/2009

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James Oglethorpe
Definition
Founder of Georgia, wanted to provide a haven for debtors
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Cecil Calvert
Definition
Second Lord Baltimore and founder of Maryland
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Benjamin Franklin
Definition
Inventor of bifocal glasses, the lightning rod, one-arm desk chair, efficient stove, and daylight saving time
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Thomas Hooker
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Founder of Connecticut
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Anne Hutchinson
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Strong Puritan who publicly questioned some of the Puritans ministers beliefs; was tried and banished form Mass.
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William Penn
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Quaker founder of Pennsylvania
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Roger Williams
Definition
Founder of Rhode Island, freedome of conscience and suported fair treatment of Native Americans
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__________ was the major cause of King Philip's War and the Pequot War
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Land
Term
A group of girls accused a servant of witchcraft in _____________. 20 people died.
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Salem
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During colonial times, the society in _____________, South Carolina, was a mixure or aristocracy poor whites, and slaves.
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Charleston
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Among ______________, women could speak as freely as men and were seen as equals in religious meetings
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Quakers
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Among ______________, women held a secondary position to men, and were expected to be quiet
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Puritans
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Roger Williams chose the location of _______________ as the capital of Rhode Island becasue of its good natural harbor
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Providence
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The Dutch colony of New Netherland became the British colony of _________ ___________
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New York
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You live in a small wooden house with one big room and a sleeping loft. The only clothes you have are those you wear, and a SUnday shirt. You probably had a year of schooling and know how to read. Who are you?
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a child of a small farmer
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You live near th tobacco fields on a large plantation. You cant read and never will be taught how. You are someone's property. Who are you?
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a slave
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You live with your family in a great house with many rooms and many servants. YOu wear fancy clothes when visitors come to stay for a party. WHo are you?
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child of a plantation owner
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Maryland passed a Toleration Act that allowed for freedom of religion for all Christians, Jews and atheists
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FALSE
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Slaves were brought from Africa as part of trade in colonial times
Definition
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name the 13 colonies
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New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, New York, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Georga, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
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