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Unit 3 Lessons 3 and 4
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Social Studies
5th Grade
12/03/2012

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who found religious freedom in Maryland?
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protestants and catholics
Term
who became a Catholic in England when it was illegal?
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George Calvert or Lord Baltimore
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WHo gave George Calvert the land north of Virginia along the Chesapeake Bay?
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King Charles I
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WHo founded the colony of Maryland?
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Cecilius Calvert
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Who was the first governor of Maryland?
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Leonard Calvert
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How did Maryland become wealthy?
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it was ran like a business and had tobacco famrs all along the shore
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What law was passes to make sure that Catholics and protestants could worship freely in Maryland?
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in 1649, the Toleration Act was passed by the Maryland Assembly
Term
Who believed in religious freedom, Catholicism, and running a colony like a business?
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the Calverts
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Who gave 8 proprietors a charter to found Carolina in 1663?
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King Charles II.
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What first big city was founded in the Southern Colonies?
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Charles Town
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This city was a center for agriculture and trade in?
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Charles Town
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farms that grow one main crop as a cash crop
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plantation
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a plant used to make blue dye, used in making jeans
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indigo
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plantations in Carolina mostly grew what?
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rice and tobacco
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tobacco was grown in the north and the economy developed slow, due to a lack of harbor. this difference made:
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North Carolina split from the rest of the colony
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rice grew well in the South and it had a busy port of Charles Town, this difference made:
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South Carolina split from the rest of the colony
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WHo granted a ccharter to James Oglethorpe beacuse he was a general and had military experience?
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King George II
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WHo are people that owe money and can not repay it? What colony could they live in?
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debtors could live in Georgia
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What Native American group coexisted peacefully with Oglethorpe and Georgia?
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the Creek
Term
What woman helped keep the peace and translate for the Georgians and Creek Indians?
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Mary Musgrove
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WHat industry failed early on in Georgia?
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silkworms
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WHat was promised to lure people to Georgia?
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religious freedom and free land.
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Early on, Georgia was the only English colony not to have what?
Definition
slavery
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