Colonial Era Flashcards

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Middle colonies: Quakers/ Penn, Ben Franklin

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Penn believed that if you gave friendship, you got it back. Quakers: form of Christianity

Ben Franklin: born in middle colonies, helped establish the respect for the middle colonies

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Southern colonies: tobacco, slave labor, Pocahontas/ John smith

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Tobacco: planted as much as possible
Slave labor: plantations needed people to work so they bought slaves

Pocahontas: supplied colonists w food, helped Jamestown survive

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Southwestern colonies: Catholic missions, Spanish conquistadors

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Catholic mission: Catholic missionaries from Spain came to attempt to spread the religion

Spanish conquistadors: came to mesoamerica to find gold, God and glory

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New England colonies: religion and economy

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Puritans: religion, believed that the god singled out people for salvation, saved were saints

Economy: farming,loaned animals, family ate crops

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