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30 Cards in this Set
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Maryland |
Catholics founded this colony |
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Quakers |
Penn. founded for this group |
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Massachusetts |
Puritans began this colony |
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1607 |
Year Jamestown founded |
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1620 |
Mayflower Compact Date |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
1st written Constitution |
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House of Burgesses |
1st representative government |
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Virginia |
State location of House of Burgesses |
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geography |
Primary reason for economic differences in the colonies |
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New England Colonies |
Mass., RI, Conn., NH |
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Middle Colonies |
NY, NJ, Delaware, Penn. |
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Southern Colonies |
Virginia, NC, SC, Georgia, Maryland |
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Thomas Hooker |
Founder of Connecticut |
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William Penn |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
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Anne Hutchinson |
kicked out of Mass., helped found RI along with Roger Williams |
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Roger Williams |
founder of Rhode Island |
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Southern |
Region with the best soil for farming |
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New England |
Rocky soil, lumber milling, fishing, Puritans |
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Middle |
Breadbasket Colonies, Quakers |
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plantation |
transatlantic slave trade started due to this system in the South |
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Reasons for Exploration and Colonization |
money, expand empires, glory, religious freedom |
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James Oglethorpe |
Founded Georgia |
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debtors |
Georgia was founded for these people |
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Money |
Why was Jamestown founded? |
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Religious freedom for Puritans |
Why was Plymouth founded? |
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New York |
Originally a Dutch trading colony |
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Massachusetts |
Colony started by Puritans |
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Jamestown |
first permanent English settlment |
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self-government |
Most colonies had what type of government? |
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Distance from England, used to English law/ structure |
Why were many colonies self-governing? |
