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chapter 3 Flashcards

Expansion and Establishment

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what did all of the colonies eventually come under the rule of?

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England

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2
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nearly how many people settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony during the first ___ years?

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10,000; 10

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3
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the wave of immigrants is known as what?

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Great Migration

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as more families came to America, especially to New England, the population grew faster. this type of growth is known as what?

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natural increase

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5
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English _____, ______, and style of ________ eventually influenced all the colonies

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customs; language; government

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6
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the Englishmen in the ______ colonies had been ______ in southern England

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southern; aristocrats

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the ______ were from the Midlands of England. They settled in _______, ________. and ____________.

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Quakers; Pennsylvania; Delaware; New Jersey

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8
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Beginning in what year did the Germans come to the colonies?

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1700s

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9
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many of the Germans were ______. They came to America for religious freedom

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Lutherans

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10
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The Scot-Irish made up the _____ largest group of immigrants

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second

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many of the Scot-Irishes were strong ______

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Presbyterians

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12
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There was a strong _____ presence in New Netherland

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Dutch

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The _____, or Protestants, were particularly strong in coastal south Carolina

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French Huguenots

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14
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the first Africans who came to the New World came what?

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indentured servants

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15
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by 1730 what percent of the population south of Pennsylvania was black

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30

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by 1760, blacks made up how many percent of South Carolina population?

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60

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17
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Southern planters discovered their need for ___________

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cheap labor

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18
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most northerners use slaves as ____ in ______ , not as farm hands

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servants; upper-class homes

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19
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with people drawn from so many countries, the colonies truly were a cultural _______

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melting pot

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20
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the undeveloped area at the edge of the settled land

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frontier

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21
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the main north-south highway came to be known as _____________

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Great Wagon Road

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22
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what states did the Great Wagon Road connect?

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Pennsylvania and North Carolina

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23
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the travelers on these trails used _________ to carry their belongings

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Conestoga wagons

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24
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which explorer opened the lands of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee

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Daniel Boone

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25
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most farmers were ____________, who could raise enough crops and livestocks just to provide their families

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subsistence farmers

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26
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the New England colonies region lacks not only ___________ but also _________ and __________

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flat farmland; fertile; abundant soil

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27
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Many New Englanders looked to the _____ for their livelihood

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ocean

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28
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colonists caught salted and exported _____, especially ____ to the middle colonies, the West Indies, and Europe

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fish; cod

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29
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the middle colonies had many ____ ______

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navigable rivers

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the middle colonies had __________ soil. As a result, they were able to grow cereal grains, such as _____, _____, ______, and ____

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rich, thick; oats; barley; wheat

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31
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the middle colonies were called what?

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bread colonies

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32
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because the soil provided good pastures, the middle colonies began exporting ____

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livestock

33
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settlers in the west began trapping animals for what?

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fur

34
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what became the primary activity in the South because of the rich soil and long growing season

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agriculture

35
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the land along coastal rivers and inlets

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tidewater

36
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the first important cash crop in the South

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tobacco

37
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an especially important crop in South Carolina

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indigo

38
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the largest food crop in all the colonies was ____-

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corn/maize

39
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on the frontier, Americans could claim ______ and improve it

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property

40
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as the colonists began to produce extra goods beyond what they needed for their own use, a trade network was created called what?

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the triangular trade

41
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which city became the most prominent shipping center?

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Boston

42
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the increased wealth in the colonies cause some _____ anxiety

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spiritual

43
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a Christian leader, who was concerned that the move from farming to trading would result in __________

A

Jonathon Edwards; materialism

44
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what was one challenge that the colonists still faced

A

their relationship with the Indians

45
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many colonists wanted to convert the Indians to what?

A

Christianity

46
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strongly supported exploration, wrote that the “Westerne discoverie (would) greatley for (the enlargement) of the gospell of Christe

A

Richard Hakluyt

47
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what were the reasons for the colonists wanting to convert to Indians?

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  • they were concerned for the Indians soul (most important)
  • most Europeans believed that Indians were inferior and uncivilized believing that God’s instruction to subdue the earth meant that the Indians should become settled farmers
48
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The colonists believed that if the Indians became more like ______ then what could happen?

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Europeans; they could be controlled and America would be a safer place to live

49
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which two groups sent missionaries to the colonies

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protestants and catholics

50
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who spent most of his time ministering to the Indians

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Roger Williams

51
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a Puritan leader who learned the language of the Algonquin Indians

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John Eliot

52
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Indians who became Christians lived where?

A

praying towns

53
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what did the Indians learn about in the praying towns?

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the Bible and Europeans law, manners, and town life

54
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during the worst battle of this war, the colonists ambushed an Indian fort and killed as many Indians as they could

A

Pequot War

55
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the rest of the Indians captured in the Pequot War was captured and sold as what to New England and West Indies

A

slaves

56
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the cause of death for six hundred colonists and three thousand Indians

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King Phillip’s War

57
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one of the worst incidents involving the Indians in the Southern colonies was called what?

A

Bacon’s Rebellion

58
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Virginia’s governor who tried to keep peace with the Indians

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William Berkeley

59
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did not think the governor was doing enough to protect those who lived on the frontier, he attacked the Indians despite who’s wishes?

A

Nathaniel Bacon; the governor’s

60
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during all the Indian wars, both sides _______ each other and made terrible _____

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misunderstood; errors

61
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as a result of the Indian wars, the colonies and ____ treated the Indians unjustly

A

U.S.

62
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God ordained ________ to rule over mankind by ______ goodness and ________ evil

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government; rewarding; punishing

63
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each of the three types of colonies licensed by the ____ has different types of local government

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Crown

64
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name the colonies that were charter colonies

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

65
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elected their leaders (governors, judges, and legislators)

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charter colonies

66
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what are the proprietary colonies?

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Pennsylvania and the Carolinas

67
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the proprietor or his heirs named the governor

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proprietary colonies

68
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the king chooses the government

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royal colonies

69
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often in royal colonies, the ______ stays in England and send a _____ ______ to rule for him

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governor; deputy governor

70
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a local army

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militia

71
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governors appointed local _________ to try people accused of crimes and settle disputed between citizens

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justices of the peace

72
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the justice also collected ____, granted _____, recorded _____ deeds, and serve other ____ needs

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taxes, license, property, public

73
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the colonies financed who by paying taxes?

A

their governments

74
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the main tax was what?

A

property tax

75
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some colonies had what kind of taxes that the citizens had to pay before they could ____

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poll taxes; vote

76
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who allowed each colony to choose its own _____

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Crown; legislature

77
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free adult white male property owners who could vote for representatives

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freeholders/freemen

78
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in New England, the _____ was the basic unit of government

A

township

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