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Unit 5
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23
History
5th Grade
11/10/2009

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Term
Virginia Charter
Definition
guarenteed the rights of Englishmen to all settlers of the Jamestown Colony
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Mayflower Compact
Definition
an early form of self-goverment in plymoth
Term
Harvard College
Definition
school founded by the Puritans
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House of burgesses
Definition
first representative assembly in the European colonies
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Which of these best describes most of the early Jamestown settlers
Definition
gentlemen unprepred for hard work
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Which of these was most important to the economic success of Jamestown
Definition
tobacco
Term
The beginnings of slavery in Virginia can be explained as a way to fill the need for
Definition
field workers
Term
which 2 main factors caused people to leave England and go to America
Definition
poverty, growing population
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Why was education important to Puritans
Definition
read the Bible
Term
reasons Eatern woodland indians were able to live well
Definition
good at hunting, knew had to fish, knew how to farm,
Term
Early settlers had so many problems because?
Definition
they were NOT good hunters (loud and smelly) did not have skills for hard work, they planned poorly
Term
Facts about Jamestown
Definition
Chessapeak bay, hot summers/cold winters, adventures, gold, John SMith, Starving Time
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Plymoth
Definition
near cape cod, very cold winters, Separatists, religious freedom, William Bradford, Mayflower COmpact
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Massachusetts Bay
Definition
New England, cold and windy, Puritans, purify Church of England, John Winthrop, public education
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Puritans were NOT tolerant. They did NOT practice other religions settle in their communities
Definition
There was NOT always cooperation between Native Americans and early colonists
Term
Did the Puritans survive their first winter without help from the Indians. TRUE or FALSE
Definition
FALSE
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What was the main problem between colonists and natives
Definition
use of the land
Term
what made life so different between Chesapeak and New England
Definition
geography
Term
Virginia's ______________________ and the Pilgrim's______________________ were the beginnings of representative government in the colonies
Definition
Virginia's __HOUSE_OF_BURGESSES__ and the Pilgrim's__MAYFLOWER_COMPACT__ were the beginnings of representative government in the colonies
Term
WHich had a larger coastal plain? New England or Viginia
Definition
Virginia
Term
why were the towns and farm smaller in New England
Definition
land hilly and rocky, travel stopped at waterfalls
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why were farms bigger in Virginia
Definition
climate good for growning tobacco, wider coastal plains, rivers wider and longer, ideal for plantations
Term
Who was king of England when Jamestown and Plymoth were being first being settled?
Definition
King James
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