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1
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Promised religious freedom to other settlers?

A

Maryland

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2
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True or false, the plantation system in the South developed because the climate was suitable for growing cash crops

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True

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3
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$ or † (Rhode Island)

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†

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4
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$ or † (Connecticut)

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†

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5
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Mild Winters?

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Middle Colonies

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6
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut:

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First written constitution in the colonies

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7
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Movement of living things (animals, food and diseases) from the new world to the old world

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Columbian Exchange

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8
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Harsh Winters?

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New England Colonies

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9
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Who founded Maryland?

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Lord Baltimore

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10
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Short and Mild Winters?

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Southern Colonies

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11
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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

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Middle Colonies

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12
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New England (geographic)

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Rocky and Coastal Cities

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13
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Massachusetts was founded because:

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To escape religious persecution

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14
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Middle Colonies (geographic)

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Wheat and barley crops

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15
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Virginia was founded because:

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Increase business profits/money making colony

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16
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Who founded Georgia?

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James Oglethorpe

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17
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What year was Pennsylvania founded?

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1681

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18
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Who founded New York?

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Dutch and then English (Duke of York)

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19
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Georgia was founded because:

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A refuge for debtors to earn money

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20
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Religion for Connecticut

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Puritan

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21
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Water route from Europe to Asia

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Northwest Passage

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22
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What year was New York founded?

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1621 and then 1664

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23
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What year was Connecticut founded?

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1639

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24
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Focus on the fur trade

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France

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25
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Fertile soil for cash crops

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Southern colonies

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26
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Economy for Southern?

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

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27
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When and where was House of Burgesses established?

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1619, Virginia

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28
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Southern Colonies (geographic)

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Plantation agriculture

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29
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$ or † (Massachusetts)

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†

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30
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Religion for Massachusetts

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Pilgrims (Separate) Puritans (Purify)

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31
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$ or † (New York)

32
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Religion for Virginia

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Church of England

33
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Connecticut was founded because:

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Religious Freedom

34
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$ or † (Virginia)

35
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distance between the colonies and England as well as the creation of self-

A

GOVERNMENT documents in the colonies

36
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3 G’s?

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Gold, God, Glory

37
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What cash crop pushed Jamestown settlers to be dependent on slavery?

38
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What year was Georgia founded?

39
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$ or † (Maryland)

40
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Maryland and Pennsylvania colonies were founded because settlers wanted

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Religious freedom

41
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Rolling hills and Coastal plains

42
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Establish Catholic Missions

43
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Mayflower Compact:

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It established the idea of self - government and majority rule

44
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Religion for Georgia

45
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An economic philosophy where colonies exist only to make the mother country rich

A

Mercantilism

46
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What year was Massachusetts founded?

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1620, 1630 but mainly 1620

47
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Who founded Massachusetts?

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William Bradford and John Winthrop

48
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What colony is known as a “breadbasket” colony?

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The Middle Colonies

49
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When and where was the Mayflower Compact established?

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1620, Massachusetts

50
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Who founded Conneticut?

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Thomas Hooker

51
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New York was founded because:

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To make money

52
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Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North and South Carolina

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Southern Colonies

53
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Economy for New England?

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Shipping, Timber, Fishing, Whaling, Trade

54
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Rhode Island was founded because:

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Religious Freedom

55
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Who founded Rhode Island?

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Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

56
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Expand Protestant Religion/more money

57
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Religion for New York

A

Many different Religions, mostly Catholic and Puritan

58
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Which religious group protested against slavery during the colonial era? (Pennsylvania)

59
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Who founded Virginia (Jamestown)?

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Virginia London Company

60
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What year was Maryland founded?

61
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$ or † (Georgia)

62
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Trade Pattern between Europe, Africa, and the Americas across the Atlantic Ocean

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Triangular Trade

63
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Who founded Pennsylvania?

A

William Penn

64
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Natural harbors for fishing

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New England

65
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What year was Rhode Island founded?

66
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Representative government grew in the colonies because of the:

A

LONG distance

67
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$ or † (Pennsylvania)

68
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House of Burgesses:

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First Representative assembly in the American Colonies

69
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Religion for Maryland

70
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Cause of death for Native Americans

A

Smallpox, typhus, and other diseases

71
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What year was Virginia founded?

72
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Religion for Pennsylvania

A

Quakers, to escape persecution

73
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Religion for Rhode Island

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Various Faiths

74
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Economy for Middle?

A

Trade, Farming, Gristmills

75
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut, New Hampshire

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New England Colonies

76
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Salutary neglect (the British practice of not enforcing all laws) allowed the American colonists to:

A

Govern themselves

77
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