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Nathaniel Bacon

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frontier leader in colonial America

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plantation

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large farm where crops such as sugar, rice, and cotton are grown

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pueblo

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Spanish civilian town

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What geographic factor drew many settlers to the southern colonies?

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land for growing crops to export

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What type of agriculture developed in the Tidewater region?

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small tobacco farms

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Who was NOT protected by Maryland’s 1649 Act of Toleration?

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non-Christians

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What describes New England’s climate?

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short warm summers and long snowy winters

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What is another mane for the border established between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1760s?

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the Mason-Dixon Line

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Why did the English establish a colony on Roanoke Island?

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to provide new markets for English products and raw materials for English industries

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What happened when Massachusetts tried to control New Hampshire?

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the king eventually granted New Hampshire a separate charter

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What did Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Hooker have in common?

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both disagreed with Puritan leaders and left Massachusetts

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Squanto

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Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive

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Why did Bacon’s Rebellion collapse?

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it’s leader, Nathaniel Bacon, became sick and died

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What does the holiday of Thanksgiving commemorate?

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The Pilgrims’ 1621 celebration of their good fortune

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James Oglethorpe wanted a colony in which

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debtors would be protected

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What type of established Church did Rhode Island support?

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none; people of all faiths could worship freely

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What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony?

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The first is run by an individual or family, the second by the king.

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Jewish and Amish settlers were both welcome in which of the Middle Colonies?

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Pennsylvania

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Which Middle Colony was known as “America’s breadbasket”?

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Pennsylvania

20
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Since the 1200s, what had been guaranteed by English law?

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right to trial by jury

21
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By 1763, three major Spanish settlements in the Florida colony were

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centered around forts

22
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The western section of Pennsylvania was considered part of

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The backcountry

23
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Why did the Puritans leave England?

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to escape persecution by England’s King

24
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Who was King Philip?

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Metacom, the chief of the Womanoag

25
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The winter following John Smith’s departure from Jamestown is called

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The “starving time”

26
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Why did the pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

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to help them govern their colony fairly

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Which four states made up the Middle Colonies?

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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

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What was the main reason that the Spanish established missions?

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to convert the Native Americans to Christianity

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Why did many enslaved African-Americans flee to Spain’s Florida colony?

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they were given land if they helped defend Florida

30
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The Puritans founded their colony to assure freedom of worship for

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themselves

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What was the main function of the Spanish Borderlands?

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to protect Mexico from other European powers

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The pilgrims who came to North America in 1620 were also known as

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Separatists

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The Tidewater is

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A flat, often swampy, low land area along the southern coast

34
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Signing the Mayflower Compact represented the second step toward self government in the Americas. Which action represented the first?

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electing the House of Burgesses

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Powhatan turned against the Jamestown settlers because

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The settlers rated Native American villages for food

36
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Which colony began as a Dutch settlement?

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New York

37
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What best describes the climate of the southern colonies?

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warm and humid

38
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How did Pennsylvania’s founders differ from those of Massachusetts?

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Unlike the Puritans, the founders of Pennsylvania believed in religious toleration

39
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The English colonies of New York and New Jersey were originally

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proprietary colonies

40
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What was England’s first PERMANENT settlement in North America?

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Jamestown

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In 1619, a Dutch ship arrived in Virginia caring

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20 enslaved Africans

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