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19 Cards in this Set
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Who was the founder of Pennsylvania? |
William Penn |
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Which colonial region had the best soil and climate for large scale agriculture? |
Southern colnies |
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Which colonial region has the coldest winters? |
New England |
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A plantation is |
A large area of farmland |
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A colony is |
an area owned by or controlled by another country |
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The term old world refers to |
the places Europeans already new existed (New world was the Americas) |
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Jamestown was founded in |
1607 |
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The first successful English colony in the new world |
Jamestown |
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The first form of self-government |
Mayflower compact |
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First form of self-government took place in which colonial region? |
Plymouth (Massachusetts) |
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Which colonies are hilly with rocky soil making farming difficult? |
New England |
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Which colonies were founded for economic reasons? |
Southern |
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Which colonies were called the breadbasket colonies? |
Middle |
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The columbian exchange is |
The exchange of food,goods,diseases,animals and plants |
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What year was the magna carta written |
1215 |
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The english bill of rights was written in |
1689 |
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Representative government was first established through documents that limited the Kings power like |
The magna carta and english bill of rights |
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Famous Philosopherthat said you needed peoples permissions to goven |
John Locke |
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An actual example of reresentative government |
Virginia House of Burgesses |
