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13 Colonies Quiz Flashcards

1
Q

What are the New England colonies? (4)

A

Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut

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2
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What are the Middle colonies? (4)

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New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware

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3
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What are the Southern colonies? (5)

A 
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
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4
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NE, M, S: relationships with Native Americans were better in these colonies than in the others

A

M

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5
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NE, M, S: The first colonists were English and settled in Jamestown, VA in 1607

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s

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6
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NE, M, S: The colonists here turned to fishing, lumbering, fur trading, and metal working to nourish their economy

A

S

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7
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These colonies participated in the selling of slaves to the southern colonies

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NE/M

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8
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This area was the most ethnically diverse

A

M

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9
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Quakers seeking religious freedom settled in Pennsylvania

A

M

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10
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In 1619 the House of Burgesses was formed (the first example of representative government in America)

A

S

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11
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John Rolfe discovered that tobacco grew well in this region’s climate

A

S

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12
Q

The soil was too thin and rocky and the climate too harsh for the colonists to grow cash crops

A

NE

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13
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The first colonists here were Separatists Puritans (Pilgrims)

A

NE

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14
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A small number of people owned large amounts of land

A

S

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15
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The religious freedom they sought was not readily granted to others outside their Puritan faith

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NE

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16
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Children of wealthy plantation owners had private tutors to educate them. There were very few public schoolhouses.

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S

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17
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Land was more fertile than in the North, which allowed the colonists to grow corn, wheat, and fruit. These colonies were nicknames “the Bread Basket”.

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M

18
Q

Tobacco and rice became the major cash crops, and were grown on large plantations

A

S

19
Q

The first colonists were Dutch and settled at the mount of the Hudson River.

A

M

20
Q

Indentured servants were first used. As their number dwindled, slaves were used.

A

S

21
Q

Mills to grind grains developed here and supported local economies.

A

M

22
Q

Education was available to more of the colonists in this region, as people lived closer together and schoolhouses could be built.

A

NE

23
Q

When the English took “New Amsterdam” from the Dutch, they called it New York

A

M

24
Q

Out of lack of religious toleration, the Salem Witch Trials took place in this region

A

NE

25
Q

The Maryland Toleration Act is evidence of religion toleration in this region.

A

S

26
Q

The Pilgrims wrote the Mayflower Compact on their journey to this new land

A

NE

27
Q

Religious dissenters, such as Thomas Hooker, Roger Williams, and Anne Hutchinson established colonies in this region

A

NE

28
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

wrote Leviathan

A

Hobbes

29
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

wrote Two Treatises of Civil Government

A

Locke

30
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Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

wrote the Spirit of Laws

A

Montes

31
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

believed in natural laws

A

Hobbes

32
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

humans are naturally selfish

A

Hobbes

33
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Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

gov should be limited

A

Locke & Montes

34
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

seperation of powers & laws

A

Montes

35
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

human nature is fair and unselfish

A

Locke

36
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

three branches of gov

A

Montes

37
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

social contract

A

Hobbes & Locke

38
Q

Hobbes, Locke, Montes:

people and gov should have a balance

A

Montes

39
Q

How did Hobbes and Lockes ideas about the Social Contract Theory differ from one another?

A

Hobbes: people should use it to follow laws
Locke: solve occational conflicts

40
Q

What did Locke believe people could do if the government broke the social contract?

A

overthrow them

41
Q

What does the magna carta mean?

A

the great charter

42
Q

What is the magna carta?

A

right to a free trial and protection from having property seized without due process of law

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