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38 Cards in this Set
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What are the New England Colonies? Hint there are 4 |
MA - Massachusetts CT - Connecticut NH - New Hampshire |
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What are the Mid Atlantic Colonies? Note there are 5 |
PA - Pennsylvania NY - New York DE - Delaware NJ - New Jersey MD - Maryland (Sometimes) |
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What are the Southern Colonies? Note there are 5 |
GA - Georgia SC - South Carolina NC - North Carolina VA - Virginia MD - Maryland (Sometimes) |
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What are the MAJOR economic activities of New England region?
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Fishing Ship Building Livestock |
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What are the MAJOR economic activities of Mid Atlantic region?
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Fishing Trade Ship Building Livestock |
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What are the MAJOR economic activities of the Southern region?
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Agriculture Farms Plantations |
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What are the first 2 Colonies?
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VA - Virginia |
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What was the last Colony?
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GA - Georgia
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What was the reason for the create of Georgia?
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It was created for people that could not pay their debts.
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Why were the New England colonies started?
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Which region was diverse and known as the Breadbasket of the Colonies?
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Mid Atlantic
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What is an Artisan?
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Skilled Workers |
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What is an example of work an Artisan does?
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Wheelwright Cooper Carpenter Shipwright Printer |
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What is an Indentured Servant?
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A person that agreed to work for a certain period of time 3 to 7 years, in exchange for a passage to the colonies. At the end of the their service they were given land to farm |
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What is a Slave?
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People from Africa who were captured and forced to work for no pay. Slaves were considered property and had no rights. |
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What is a Large Land Owner?
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The owner of a Plantation
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What is a Plantation
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Plantations were large farms that grew cash crops like cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco. Plantations relied primarily on slave labor.
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Which colonies had slaves? |
The Southern colonies had most of the slave labor. GA - Georgia SC - South Carolina NC - North Carolina VA - Virginia |
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Which settlement off the coast of North Carolina had its settlers disappear?
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Roanoke Island |
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Which major city was first owned by the Dutch
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New York, NY
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Which city was the 2nd most important English speaking city in the world
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Philadelphia, PA |
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Which region has the cities of Boston, Providence, Portsmouth and New Haven?
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New England |
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Which region has the major cities of Charleston, Savannah and Williamsburg?
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Southern region
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Which region has the cities of Philadelphia, New York and Trenton
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Mid Atlantic |
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Which colony was setup as a safe place for Catholics?
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Maryland
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Which colony is considered a Southern and Mid Atlantic colony?
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Maryland |
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Where did the Puritans first settle?
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MA - Massachusetts |
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What is a colony?
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An area of land owned by a country but not attached to the country |
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What does population mean?
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The number of people leaving in a specific area. For example the number of people in Georgia. |
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What does rural mean?
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A term for an area with low population |
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What does site mean? |
Where something is located like a city or town. |
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What is the definition of livestock |
animal that are raised for meat or other products. Like eggs, wool or milk |
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What does agriculture mean? |
term used to describe a large farm. |
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What is a harbor |
A location usually un a river that empties into the ocean and is used to load and unload ships
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What is an import? |
Goods that are shipped into a country from another country or continent. For example IPads are made in China and imported to the US. |
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What is an export?
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goods that are shipped to another country or continent. For example Ford cars are made in the US and shipped to Europe to sell. |
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What is a merchant?
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Someone who makes a living buying and selling goods. |
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What is a protestant?
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A Christian that broke away from the Catholic church. All British colonies were mostly protestant. Except Maryland which was a Catholic colony.
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