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1
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New England Colonies

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New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

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2
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What religious group settled in the New England colonies

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Puritans

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Resources in the New England colonies

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Fish, iron, ships, timber, whales

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Jobs in New England colonies

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Shipbuilding, fishing, lumbering, small scale farming

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New England colonies were based on the puritans ideas of what and what

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Hard work and thrift

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What document government the first New England colony

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Mayflower compact

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How were political descions made based on the mayflower compact

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Based on religion and direct democracy

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Big idea from the New England colonies

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Life based mainly on religion

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States in the middle colonies

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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Where were people moving to the middle colonies from

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England, Germany, netherlands

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Religions in the middle colonies

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Quaker, Protestant Christian

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Resources in the middle colonies

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Livestock, fish, furs, iron, timber, wheat

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Jobs in the middle colonies

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Shipbuilding, farming , trading

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Cities in the middle colonies

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Philadelphia, Dover, New York, Wilmington

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15
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Who had the most political power in New York

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Landowning families

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16
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Describe william penns leadership in Pennsylvania

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Kindhearted, tolerant, peaceful, wanted the best for his people

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Big ideas in the middle colonies

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Diverse colonies, mainly tolerant

18
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States in the southern colonies

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Maryland, Virginia, north and South Carolina, georgia

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Where were people moving to the southern colonies from

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England, Scotland, Ireland, germany

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Resources in the southern colonies

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Corn, indigo, pigs, rice and tobacco

21
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Cash crops

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Tobacco, rice, indigo

22
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Why did plantations grow in the southern colonies

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Climate and slavery

23
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Who had the most political power in the southern colonies

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Plantation owners

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Big ideas from the southern colonies

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Farming and close ties to England

25
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Big ideas from the southern colonies

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Farming and close ties to England

26
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What year was Jamestown establish

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Why was Jamestown established

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Business venture and goal was to make moneu

28
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What year were slaves brought to Jamestown

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