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Misc. Early Colonies The New England Colonies The Middle Colonies The Southern Colonies 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10
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QUESTION: Founded in 1607, this colony was settled by men looking for gold. ANSWER: What is Jamestown
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QUESTION: The Pilgrims signed this document before settling the Plymouth colony in 1620 ANSWER: The Mayflower Compact
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QUESTION: Jamestown : Virginia :: Plymouth : ___________ ANSWER: Massachusetts
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QUESTION: The exchange of plants, animals, peoples, and cultures between the New World and Europe ANSWER: The Columbian Exchange
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QUESTION: This era includes the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth as well as the signing of the Mayflower Compact ANSWER: What is COLONIZATION
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QUESTION: This made it far too difficult to rely on agriculture for the New England economy ANSWER: poor soil and cool weather
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QUESTION: The four New England colonies were founded by English Puritans seeking _______________ ANSWER: Religious freedom or escape from religious persecution
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QUESTION: New England’s economy relied on __________ ANSWER: Manufacturing and trade
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QUESTION: Roger Williams founded ___________ ANSWER: Rhode Island
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QUESTION: Roger Williams, Thomas Hooker, and Anne Hutchinson are activists for ____________ ANSWER: What is religious freedom
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QUESTION: This was the nickname given to the Middle colonies because of its reliance on wheat, grains, and barley as cash crops ANSWER: What is the “Bread Basket”
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QUESTION: In 1619, Virginia established this as the first representative body in the colonies ANSWER: Virginia House of Burgesses
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QUESTION: Pennsylvania was settled by William Penn as a safe haven for this religious group ANSWER: Quakers
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QUESTION: Jamestown was settled in 1607, primarily for _______ ANSWER: What is Gold
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QUESTION: Colonists settled primarily near what body of water ANSWER: What is the Atlantic Ocean
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QUESTION: These were huge farms, as large as thousands of acres, that relied on slave labor to operate ANSWER: What are plantations
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QUESTION: The Southern colonies economy relied on _______________ ANSWER: What is agriculture
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QUESTION: This was the greatest cash crop in the Southern colonies ANSWER: What is tobacco
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QUESTION: The rise of plantations, led to the use of __________ in the Southern colonies ANSWER: Slaves (enslaved Africans)
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QUESTION: The Southern colonies provided raw materials to England, England provided manufactured goods, and Africa provided slave labor in this ANSWER: Triangular Trade (Transatlantic slave trade)
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QUESTION: This geographic feature blocked westward expansion of the colonies ANSWER: The Appalachian Mountains
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QUESTION: Thomas Hooker settled this colony with the goal to separate the church from the government ANSWER: Connecticut
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QUESTION: The Mayflower Compact, the Virginia House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were all early forms of _____________ government ANSWER: What is representative
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QUESTION: You know I’m pretty fly for a…. ANSWER: White guy
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QUESTION: What is 2 + 2? ANSWER: Thomas Jefferson, sucka!
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