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| List the 4 main New England colonies. |
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| Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,Connecticut |
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| A group of English people who grew discontent in the church of England (they settled the Massachusetts Bay colony). |
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| Who founded Rhode Island? Why? |
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| Roger Williams. State was founded on separation of church and state. |
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| Who went to court to face charges, was found guilty, and then moved to Rhode Island? |
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| What was the New England economy based on? |
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| List the 4 Middle Colonies. |
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| New York ,New Jersey, Deleware, Pennsylvania |
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| New Netherland is the name for what old state? |
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| Who did the English beat (for control of New Netherland)? |
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| What is a Proprietary Colony? |
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| To give land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment. |
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| A colony under direct control of the English crown. |
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| Who founded Pennslylvania? What religon was he? |
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. William Penn
. Quaker - accepted all as being equal in God's sight (p. 110) |
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| How did the Quakers get the Native American's land? |
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| Crops sold for money at the market. |
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| What were the middle colonies known as? |
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| "Bread-basket Colonies" (because they exported so much grain) |
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia |
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| What is the Mason-Dixon line? |
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| Boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland (it divided the Middle colonies from the Southern colonies) - p. 113 |
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| Who founded Maryland? Why? |
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. Sir George Calvert
. Wanted to build a colony where Catholics could practice religion freely |
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| Explain the Bacon Rebellion? |
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| Settlers were fighting with natives (Indians) over land. (p. 114) |
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What were the two main crops
of South Carolina? |
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| Who founded Georgia? Why? |
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. James Oglethorpe
. Wanted a place where debtors could make a fresh start |
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| land affected by ocean tides (p. 116) |
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| What did slave traders trade slaves for? |
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| money (also guns and other goods) |
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| What name was given to the voyage from Africa to west Indies? |
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| Treated enslaved Africans not as human beings but as property. (p. 119) |
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| The belief one race is superior (better) than another |
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When a nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade.
(p. 120) |
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.goods sent to markets outside a country
.goods brought into a country |
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| What were the Navigation Acts? |
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| Regulated trade, only England benefitted. (p. 121) |
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| Three legs of the route formed a triangle. (p. 122) |
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| group of people who have power to make laws. |
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| What was the lower house responsible for? |
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| Was an elected assembly that approved laws and protected rights of citizens. |
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| A written list of rights of freedoms the government promises to protect. |
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| Who were the two powerful preachers who started the Great Awakening? |
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.Jonathan Edwards
.George Whitefield |
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| Who had the first public school? |
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| Worked for a master to learn a trade or craft. |
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| Private schools run by women in their own homes. |
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| Why did Southerners hire tutors? |
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| Because people lived too far from one another to bring children together in one school building. |
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| A movement of applying scientific thinking to society. |
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| Ben franklins praticaal inventions? |
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| Lightning rod, fire place. |
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| Ben Franklin's inventions for the town? |
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| pave streets, fire company, first lending library |
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| What freedom came out of the trial of John Peter Zenger? |
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| Freedom of the press became recognized an American right. |
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| What side (British or French) were the Hurons on? |
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| What side (British or French) were the Iroquois on? |
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| What battle did Washington lose? |
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| What was the Albany congress? |
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| A meeting of nine colonies to cement the alliance with the Iroquois and to plan a united colonial defense. |
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| What was the Treaty of Easton? |
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| Promised not to settle west of Appalachian mountains. |
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| Who was General Braddock? |
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| A man who boasted victory; moved loudly through the forest. |
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| Focused all attention on the 13 colonies. Captured French fort Duquesne - renamed it fort Pitt. |
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What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris? |
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| Britain gained French lands. Spain gave Florida to Britain. |
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| Who founded Connecticut? Why? |
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| Thomas Hooker. He wanted to set up a colony in Connecticut with strict limits on government. |
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