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43 Cards in this Set
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Name the three main industries of New England
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Whaling
Shipbuilding Fishing |
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True or False:
Corn was the most important crop in the Middle Colonies |
False. Wheat was
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Name three major crops of the south.
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tobacco
indigo rice |
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What type of colony were Pennsylvania, Maryland and the Carolinas founded as?
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proprietary
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Name the two largest denominations in the colonies by 1770
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1. Congregationalists
2. Anglicans. |
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Why did the Plymouth colonists write the Mayflower Compact.
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The wrote it to create a government since they were outside the jurisdiction of Virginia.
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True or False: Georgia was the first colony to be established.
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False. It was the last.
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What did the French and Indian War settle?
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It settled the issue of whether France or Britain would dominate North America.
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What barred the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians?
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The Proclamation of 1763
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What three states were associated with people from the Quaker religion when they were organized and settled?
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Pennsylvania
Delaware New Jersey |
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True or False? The Corporation that chartered Massachusetts brought their charter with them to America.
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True
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What colony was intended to be a haven for Catholics?
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Maryland
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True or False: Maryland was the first colony to have complete freedom of religion?
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False. The correct answer is Rhode Island.
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What did the orthodox Puritans who founded Connecticut want?
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They wanted more political freedom that in Massachusetts.
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Who did the Dutch of York take New York from?
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The Dutch West India Company
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What colony did the Duke of York give to Sir George Careret and Lord John Berkeley?
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New Jersey
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Who did Sir George Careret and Lord John Berkelely sell New Jersey to?
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The Quakers.
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True or False: Georgia was founded as a haven for lepers.
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False. It was founded as a haven for debtors.
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What colony was given to important friends of Charles II?
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North Carolina
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What colony had the only major city in the south in the 1700s? Hint: Farmers brought their slaves with them to this colony and set up plantations.
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South Carolina
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In what war did the colonists gain military experience?
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The French and Indian War
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How did the Americans control their governors?
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By the assembly's control of the colony's money.
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By the Revolution, the majority of the colonies were what kind of colonies?
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Royal
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True or False: Most of the colonies had an elected assembly by the time of the Revolution.
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False. All of them did.
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Before the French and Indian war, who had a greater population and more industry, British or French Colonies?
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British
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True or False: The American colonists didn't mind paying quitrents.
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False. They objected.
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What did New England life center around?
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Small farm towns that were often religious communities.
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What did Benjamin Franklin create to unify colonies?
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The Albany Plan
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Who founded Rhode Island?
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Roger Williams
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Thomas Hooker founded what colony?
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Connecticut
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Name the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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John Winthrop
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Who is associated with the Great Awakening?
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Jonathan Edwards
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Who founded Pennsylvania?
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William Penn
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Who was the Anglican evangelist of the Great Awakening?
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George Whitefield
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What was the name of the Indian Friend and helper?
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Squanto
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Who was the founder of Maryland? Hint: His last name is the capital of this state.
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Lord Baltimore
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Which of the three colonial sections were the most tolerant?
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The Middle.
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What war was King William's War?
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The nine year war
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King Philip was the ruler of what group of Indians?
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The Wampanoag
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Name the great leader who was the "Organizer of Victory" during the 7 year war
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William Pitt
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What year did the most dangerous Indian war of the colonial period begin? Who planned it?
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1763
Pontiac |
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Who was George Washington an aid to during the French and Indian War?
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Braddock
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Who founded the Plymouth Plantation?
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Pilgrims
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