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| Settlers discussed and voted on many issues; encouraged the growth of democratic ideas. |
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| What was the purpose of the town meeting? |
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| Puritan children worked hard and followed strict ideas of discipline. |
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| Describe the Puritan laws. |
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1. Harsh climate
2. Short growing season
3. Whales were used for oil, bones, and fat for lamps, tools ect...
4. English encouraged ship building b/c the forest were already cut down |
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| Name 3 important facts about the economy of the New England colonies. |
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| ________ are crops that are sold for money. |
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| An________is a skilled worker. |
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| B/c they sold so much grain and b/c of good farming |
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| Why did the Middle Colonies become known as the Breadbasket Colonies? |
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| The people who settled there found better farmland, milder winters, and a longer growing season. Different cultures and religions too. |
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| Explain how the culture of the Middle Colonies was effected by those who settled there. |
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1. Tobacco
2. Rice
3. Indigo |
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| List 3 southern cash crops. |
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| In the 1700's, English sailors began referring to the passage of slave-trading ships west across the Atlantic Ocean as the ____________. |
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| The Backcountry was more democratic. They were treated as equals. In the Tidewater plantations they had slaves and weren't treated equal. They all faced the same dangers and hardships; making the families have a spirit of equality. |
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| In about a paragraph, explain how life in the Tidewater regions of the South differed from life in the backcountry in the South. |
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| Thinly settled area on the outer limits of the colony that extended to the Ohio Valley. |
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| According to the theory of _________, a nation became strong by keeping strict control over its trade. |
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| Colonial merchants didn't have to compete with foriegn merchants, influenced the navigation |
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| How did England's belief in mercantilism effect the colonies? |
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| ___________ are goods sold outside the country. |
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| ________are goods brought into a country. |
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| To control trade between England and its colonies |
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| What is the primary reason that the English Parliament passed the Navigation Acts? |
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| They ignored the acts. Tried to find ways around them |
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| How did the colonies react to the Navigation Acts? |
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1.Connected New England, West indies, Africa, and Britan
2. a work force was created
3. traded rum for slaves in West Africa |
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| Name 3 important facts about the triangular trade. |
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| Each colony had a ___________, which is a group of people who had the power to make laws. |
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| Colonists gained greater representation in government because members of the lower houses of colonial legislature were_________________. |
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| Although England controlled the economy of its colonies,_______________ emerged over time in the English settlements. Legislatures, the right to vote, and a bill of rights were features of many colonies. |
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| Slaves were treated as property. Indentured servants recieved freedom for their work. Indentured servants worked for 4-7 years for anyone to pay their way to the Americas. |
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| What is the main difference between a slave and an indentured servant? |
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| African Americans and native Americans |
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| Colonists had more rights than they had in England, however, this applied to free, white males. Women had few rights, and ____________ and ___________ had very few or no rights at all. |
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| In the 1730s and 1740, a religious movement known as the _________________ swept through the colonies. |
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| The religious movement aroused debate, people often split from their old churchs and made new ones; more democratic feelings in colonies and ultimatly more religious tolorance in the colonies. |
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| What were the effects of this religious movement? (Great Awakening) |
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| Massachusetts had the first public schools supported by taxes. Education was very important. Only one room in schoolhouse and students had to bring wood to keep warm. |
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| Describe the education in the New England Colonies. |
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| Usually only wealthy children could go and they would be enrolled in a private school. |
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| Describe the education in the Middle and Southern Colonies. |
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| An___________ worked for a master to learn a trade or craft for several years without pay |
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| The ______________ was a movement in the 1600s and 1700s that emphasized the use of reason. (read about and discussed new ideas) |
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| Benjamin Franklin organized the library company, and used reason and understanding to improve his world. |
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| In what ways did Benjamin Franklin reflect the ideas of the enlightenment? |
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| _________ is the act of publishing a statement that may unjustly damage a person's reputation. |
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| John Peter Zenger was put on trial for libel and it became recognized as a basic American right. It impacted freedom of press. |
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| Explain the significance of the trial for John Peter Zenger. |
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| What group of people made the most significant contribution to the economy of the Southern Colonies? |
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| Freedoms of: Press, religion, trial by jury, voting, education, ect..... |
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| What rights and freedoms enjoyed by Americans today had their beginnings in colonial times? |
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