History-Chapter 3-British Colonies Flashcards

1
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Describe the climate of the Southern colonies.

A

warm, humid, hot, long summers

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2
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Why did the Pilgrims come to North America, who were they, and what was another name for them?

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to gain religious freedom
people who fled to New England on a religious journey
Separatists

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3
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What is the Mason-Dixon line?

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border established between Pennsylvania and Maryland in the 1760s

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4
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What was the first permanent English settlement?

A

Jamestown.

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5
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Which institution marked the start of representative government in North America?

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(Virginia’s) House of Burgesses

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6
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Who were the puritans

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people who fled to Massachusetts because they disagreed with the Church of England (did not want to separate, but to reform)

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7
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Name the New England colonies-

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut

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8
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Who was Anne Hutchinson?

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Boston woman who questioned some Puritan teachings, she was put on trial and expelled from Massachusetts in 1638

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9
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what was the purpose of establishing a colony on Roanoke Island?

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to provide new markets (colonists and Natives) for English Products and raw materials (gold, lumber, crops, etc.) for English Industries

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10
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Why was the colony of Georgia established?

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to provide a buffer between Spanish Florida and the British Colonies
to protect debtors from English prisons

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11
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why did the Powhatan Indians turn against the settlers of Jamestown?

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The Jamestown settlers raided Native American villages for food

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12
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Define the tidewater area

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area along the coast, land was more expensive, first settled and most highly populated area of the southern colonies

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13
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name the Middle colonies

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Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York

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14
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Which colony was formerly called New Sweden?

A

Delaware

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15
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name the Southern Colonies.

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Georgia, North and South Carolina, Maryland, Virginia

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16
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Which colony was founded by Tomas Hooker

A

Connecticut

17
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Where did the Quakers settle? What were their beliefs?

A

Pennsylvania

religious freedom, peaceful, mostly egalitarian society

18
Q

Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims and puritans?

A

Massachusetts

19
Q

Which colony was a refuge for Roman Catholics?

A

Maryland

20
Q

Which colony developed a separation between church and state?

A

Rhode Island

21
Q

Which group of people did John Winthrop lead to North America?

A

Puritans

22
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Describe a proprietary colony?

A

colony given by monarch to specific person or family

ruled by group of people who pay yearly sum to king

23
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describe a royal colony

A

colony owned/governed/ruled directly by monarch

24
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Who was Nathaniel Bacon?

A

leader of the frontier (men of Virginia)

25
Q

Which colony was given as a gift by the Duke of YOrk?

A

New Jersey

26
Q

Name the colonies from North to South

A

Massachusetts (Maine), New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts (current day), Rhode Island/Connecticut/Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

27
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impose

A

v. force someone to comply

interrupt or interfere or intrude

28
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sustain

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v. provide nourishment to something, figuratively or literally
to keep something or someone alive
maintain

29
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specify

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v. to explain exactly what something is

to go over the particulars

30
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restrict

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v. to confine or put limitations on

31
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fundamental

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adj. central concept
essential
basic yet important

32
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accumulate

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v. to gather overtime

33
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proprietor

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n. owner or manager

34
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contrast

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n. a difference between two concepts, places, people

35
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function

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n. purpose, how something works

36
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convert

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v. to change from one belief to another