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17 Cards in this Set
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The first enslaved Africans were brought to America
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to replace Indian workers who had died
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The colonists were successful in protesting the British by
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Boycotting, refusing to buy British goods
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Because the Virginia colonists hoped to become rich, this caused....
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the early Virginia colonists searched for gold and grew tobacco as a cash crop
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New Jersey
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The brother of Charles 1, james, gave this land to two of his friends
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Rhode Island
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Roger WIlliams and his followers settled here after leaving Massachusetts
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New York
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The king sent warships to seize this colony from the Dutch
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Virginia
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The earliest southern colony. It grew from Jamestown
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3 reasons why Europeans explored and colonized the Americas
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1. to carry the message of Christianity to the Indians.
2. To get rich 3. To claim new lands for the king |
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Most successful method the colonists used to protest the British taxes
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They refused to buy British goods
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Becaused the British taxed its colonists to pay fo rthe French and Indian War, this caused...
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Colonists to become unhappy with British rule and protested
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Carolina
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This colony was divided into small farms and large plantations
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Maryland
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Colony founded as a safe place for Catholics and also to make money from trade
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Georgia
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Colony founded to help debtors. Others settled here as well.
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Pennsylvania
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Settled by Irish Catholics, German Lutherans, Jews, and Quakers to workship as pleased
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Two battles in the War for Independence were victories for the Americans
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Saratoga and Yorktown
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Because some English people wanted religious freedom, this caused
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Pilgrims founded colony of Plymouth in 1620 and the Puritans founded the colony of Massachusetts Bay in 1630
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Who founded the American colonies to trade for animal furs
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French and Dutch
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