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mrs. wright, GCA
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7th Grade
12/18/2008

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religious freedom, start new life, profit from land/trade
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three reasons english settlers moved to the new world.
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first established colony
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jamestown
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early drawbacks of the first english colony
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swampy land and no good farmland
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left england to avoid religious persecution
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pilgrims
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before going to the new world, pilgrims made a document called the:
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mayflower compact, "the general good of the colony"
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linked the northern and southern colonies with the rest of the world
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triangular trade route
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southern colonies had
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rich soil and a warm climate
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the southern coloniy's cash crop was
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tabacco
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england believed in :___, which meant a nation's power was based on its wealth
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merchantilism
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britain and france started a war in the:----, known as the french and indian war
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ohio river valley
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the french and indian war left britain with a huge public debt, so the government began to:
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tax them
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