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1
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When was Jamestown founded?

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1607

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2
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Who founded Jamestown?

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The Virginia Bay Colony

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3
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What is the House of Burgesses?

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A group of elected representatives

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4
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When was Plymouth Colony founded in?

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1620

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5
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Who founded the Plymouth colony?

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Pilgrims & Puritans,

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Why did they found Plymouth?

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For religious freedom

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7
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What is the Mayflower compact?

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agreed for self-govern; obe laws

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8
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What is there a lack of in Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay?

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There is a lack of religious tolerance.

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9
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Which colony was the first colony to worship freely?

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Connecticut & Rhode Island

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Who founded Connecticut & Rhode Island and why?

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By Thomas Hooker & Roger Williams because Massachusetts was too strict about religion.

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11
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What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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It was the first written constitution in America

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12
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Which two colonies paid natives for land?

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Connecticut and Pennsylvania

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13
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Which colony has a large harbor that made them profitable?

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New York

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14
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Which colony has a very diverse colony?

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New York

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15
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Why was Jamestown created?

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profit/ money

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16
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Who founded Pennsylvania and for who?

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Founded by William Penn for the Quakers

17
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What are Pacifists?

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people how to refuse to use force/ fight wars

18
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What are Quakers

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People against slavery

19
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What was the main crop in Virginia?

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Tabacco

20
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What salves were brought for Africa, what were they brought over to do?

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Work on the plantations

21
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Indentured servants/ prisoners worked for how many years for freedom?

A

7 years

22
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Maryland was founded safe for…?

A

Catholics

23
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What was the Act of Toleration?

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Protestants & Catholics had to worship freely

24
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What were the main economic activities in North & South Carolina?

A

rice, indigo

25
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Who founded Georgia?

A

James Oglethorpe

26
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Georgia was a place where _______ or ___________ could have a fresh start. Fill in the blank

A

debtors, poor people

27
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Georgia protected other colonies from…

A

Spanish attacks

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