US History Flashcards by Norah Bowers

Promised religious freedom to other settlers?

Maryland

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True or false, the plantation system in the South developed because the climate was suitable for growing cash crops

True

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Mild Winters?

Middle Colonies

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:

First written constitution in the colonies

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Movement of living things (animals, food and diseases) from the new world to the old world

Columbian Exchange

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Harsh Winters?

New England Colonies

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Who founded Maryland?

Lord Baltimore

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Short and Mild Winters?

Southern Colonies

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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Middle Colonies

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New England (geographic)

Rocky and Coastal Cities

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Massachusetts was founded because:

To escape religious persecution

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Middle Colonies (geographic)

Wheat and barley crops

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Virginia was founded because:

Increase business profits/money making colony

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Who founded Georgia?

James Oglethorpe

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What year was Pennsylvania founded?

1681

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Who founded New York?

Dutch and then English (Duke of York)

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Georgia was founded because:

A refuge for debtors to earn money

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Religion for Connecticut

Puritan

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Water route from Europe to Asia

Northwest Passage

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What year was New York founded?

1621 and then 1664

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What year was Connecticut founded?

1639

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Focus on the fur trade

France

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Fertile soil for cash crops

Southern colonies

Economy for Southern?

Cash Crops of tobacco, indigo, rice, cotton, depends on slavery, agricultural

When and where was House of Burgesses established?

1619, Virginia

Southern Colonies (geographic)

Plantation agriculture

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Religion for Massachusetts

Pilgrims (Separate) Puritans (Purify)

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Religion for Virginia

Church of England

Connecticut was founded because:

Religious Freedom

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distance between the colonies and England as well as the creation of self-

GOVERNMENT documents in the colonies

3 G's?

Gold, God, Glory

What cash crop pushed Jamestown settlers to be dependent on slavery?

Tobacco

What year was Georgia founded?

1732

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Maryland and Pennsylvania colonies were founded because settlers wanted

Religious freedom

Rolling hills and Coastal plains

Middle

Establish Catholic Missions

Spain

Mayflower Compact:

It established the idea of self - government and majority rule

Religion for Georgia

Many

An economic philosophy where colonies exist only to make the mother country rich

Mercantilism

What year was Massachusetts founded?

1620, 1630 but mainly 1620

Who founded Massachusetts?

William Bradford and John Winthrop

What colony is known as a "breadbasket" colony?

The Middle Colonies

When and where was the Mayflower Compact established?

1620, Massachusetts

Who founded Conneticut?

Thomas Hooker

New York was founded because:

To make money

Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North and South Carolina

Southern Colonies

Economy for New England?

Shipping, Timber, Fishing, Whaling, Trade

Rhode Island was founded because:

Religious Freedom

Who founded Rhode Island?

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

Expand Protestant Religion/more money

English

Religion for New York

Many different Religions, mostly Catholic and Puritan

Which religious group protested against slavery during the colonial era? (Pennsylvania)

Quakers

Who founded Virginia (Jamestown)?

Virginia London Company

What year was Maryland founded?

1632

$ or † (Georgia)

Trade Pattern between Europe, Africa, and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean

Triangular Trade

Who founded Pennsylvania?

William Penn

Natural harbors for fishing

New England

What year was Rhode Island founded?

1636

Representative government grew in the colonies because of the:

LONG distance

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House of Burgesses:

First Representative assembly in the American Colonies

Religion for Maryland

Catholics

Cause of death for Native Americans

Smallpox, typhus, and other diseases

What year was Virginia founded?

1607

Religion for Pennsylvania

Quakers, to escape persecution

Religion for Rhode Island

Various Faiths

Economy for Middle?

Trade, Farming, Gristmills

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Hampshire

New England Colonies

Salutary neglect (the British practice of not enforcing all laws) allowed the American colonists to:

Govern themselves

Is history a fun subject?

no.yes?