Unit 1: English Colonies Flashcards by Samantha Isidro

mostly english men and women

New England

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society works hard

New England

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Men w/ property who were purist could vote
women couldn't vote at all
marriage was important
childbearing was important
barely any divorces
abusing a spouse is looked down upon
even amount of men to women ratio

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Population young and old
many babies born
old people live longer because it’s a better climate

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Puritans
Rhode Island–very religiously tolerant
Bay colony–separatists (pilgrims)

New England

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Want to separate from the Church of England to escape oppression

New England

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had a treaty with natives
slowly developed wars with natives
natives died a lot by disease
tense relationship with natives

New England

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not democracy
had a government and governor
self government
to enforce God's laws
only puritans are part of congregations
non believers still pay taxes and follow rules

New England

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only believers are allowed to be part of congregation
only believers can govern
clergymen

New England

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get their money from fur trade, fishing, and making boats

New England

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too rocky to be agricultural
small farms existed, but there weren’t a lot
more manufacturing and building

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Not a lot of slavery because there were only few farms in the north, and slaves are not that profitable in rocky soil
had more indentured servants

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Rocky soil
mountains close to shore
short, rapid rivers

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cool temp
clean water
summers really hot
winters really cold

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soil really rocky

not good for crops like in the south

New England

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Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Hapshire

New England

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lots of labor on farms

South

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Africans for slaves
indians during battles
mostly english
French come for religious freedom
Scots come for religious freedom

South

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Woman to men 6:1 ratio

South

Population mostly young men

climate not good enough to live long

south

christians
part of Church of England still
don’t like catholics or jews, but some colonies tolerate them

south

support Church of England
some want religious freedom
some like to be independent

south

frequent clashes killing many natives
mostly over land for agriculture (tobacco)
not a good relationship

south

House of Burgesses

1st families of Virginia

South

FFV (First families of Virginia) governed

South

get their money from farming tobacco

south

they need a lot of slaves to work on the fields used indentured servants before Africans slaves were imported because they don't die as quickly as Indians

south

plenty of flat land to grow on

south

warmer than north, but diseases thrive

south

adequate soil for planting, especially tobacco | started to lose nutrition after constant tobacco planting

south

Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

South

very tolerant of other races/religions | tolerated indians at first, but eventually they were looked down upon

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Dutch, Swedish, English, Welsh, Indians, all religions except Catholics and Jews

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opportunities for women empowerment | men probably more than women

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welcomed any religion except catholics and jews because Church of England doesn't like them Church of England (protestant)

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mother country still has enough power to influence what religions they tolerate under grant from english king

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at first, friends with indians indians welcomed them, related to them indians babysit for Englishmen more people came, and it dropped down to simple toleration

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government somewhere between personalized town meetings and a county government representative assembly

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In New York--rich land owners had power | representatives of the people

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exporting bread and grain lumber and ship building medium farms

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both agriculture and industry

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Quakers looked down upon slavery so they probably didn't have lots of slaves

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rivers, large land, many water ports/bays/harbors

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not cold like north, not hot like south

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fertile soil | grew grains

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New York New Jersey Delaware Pennsylvania

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