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1
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What were the three largest groups of immigrants to the colonies

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Scots-Irish, Germans, and the English

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2
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Black slaves often served as household servants in these colonies

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Northern Colony

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3
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The French Huguenots had a particularly strong presence where

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South carolina

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4
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What was the undeveloped area at the edge of the colonial settlements called

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frontier

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5
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What term was used to describe the Africans’ journey to the New World

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Middle passage

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6
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What routes did settlers usually follow inland

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rivers

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7
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Were roads built during the colonial era

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yes

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Most of the early colonists relied upon what things that were found nearby

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Locally grown food and Natural resources found nearby

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What occupation did most of the early colonists have

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Subsistence (farmers)

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10
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What popular vehicle did the colonists use to move their belongings inland

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Cohestoga wagons

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11
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Farmers in the middle colonies raised much of this type of grain

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cereal grain

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12
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What colonies used timber for the shipbuilding industry

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New England colonies

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13
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What colonies were known as the bread colonies

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The middle colonies

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14
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The New England colonies had ________ climate than that of the other two regions

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cold

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15
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The New England colonies had a ____ ____ soil

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Thin, rocky

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16
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The New England colonies often turned to________ for a living

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fishing

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17
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Colonial fisherman caught codfish along the _______ ___________ coast or off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland

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New England Coast

18
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What colonies had several navigable rivers to aid transportation and settlement

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The Middle colonies

19
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Which colonies generally had rich soil and a long rowing season

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The southern colonies

20
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What colonies were in the location of Piedmont and tidewater

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The Southern colonies

21
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What were the large farms in the Southern colonies called

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Plantations

22
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Was the South a place where industries grew or where there were more farms and plantations

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There were more farms and plantations

23
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What was the most important crop to the survival of the New colonies

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corn

24
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What do Historians call the network between the Americas, Europe, and Africa

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The Triangular trade

25
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In the British colonies, what group was most actively involved with the missions to the Indians

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Puritans

26
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Christian Indians lived in ___________towns in order to learn about European laws, manners, and town life

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Praying

27
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Which Puritan minister translated the Bible into Algonquin

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John Eliot

28
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By the mid 1600s were the colonists still threatened by Indian attacks

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Yes

29
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What war did colonists capture Indians and sold them as slaves

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Pequot

30
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What war resulted in the burning of Jamestown

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Bacon’s Rebillion

31
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What war resulted in the loss of the Indian way of life

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King Philip’s war

32
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What war spread through Mass. bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine

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King Philip’s war

33
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What war did settlers attack Indians without government permission

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Bacon’s Rebellion

34
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What were colonial armies called

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Militia

35
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Who had the Power of the purse in the colonies

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Legislature

36
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All of the colonies established

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Legislatures

37
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What things took place at a town meeting

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Night watchmen were appointed, New settlers were given citizenship, and ways to help the poor were considered

38
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Who appointed justices of the peace to hold court and serve various public needs

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Governors

39
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What was the main source of income for colonial governments

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Property tax

40
Q

Which colonies had local governments in town meeting

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New England Colonies

41
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What were the two methods of caring for the poor in the colonies

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Putting out and round the town

42
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Were elections secret or public in the colonies

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Public

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