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Although all the colonies came under the rule of England, who populated the colonies |
immigrants from all over |
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where did the largest groups of settlers come from |
Europe |
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nearly ten thousand people settled in the Mass. Bay colony during the first ten year. what is this wave of immigration referred to |
Great Migration |
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as more families came to america, especially New England, the population grew. What do you call this type of growth? |
natural increase |
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The first large wave of settlers came from where |
England |
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The Puritans came from what area in England |
East Anglia |
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What are some groups of people that came from England |
Puritans, Quakers |
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where did the quakers settle |
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey |
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undeveloped area at the edge of the settled area |
fronter |
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The Africans journey to the new world is called? |
Middle Passage |
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The travelers on the wilderness trail often used what to hold their stuff? |
conestoga wagons |
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as settlers moved west, what also moved |
the frontier moved west |
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farmers who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families |
subsistence farmers |
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largest ethnic groups that came to the colonies |
England, Germans, scottish |
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what were the occupations of the New England colonies |
fishing and ship building |
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occupation of the middle colonies |
fur trade, farming (bread colonies) |
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what were the occupations of the southern colonies |
Agriculture (food crops, tobacco, rice, etc), plantations |
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physical features of new england |
hilly, rocky soil |
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physical features of middle colonies |
navigable rivers, rich thick soil |
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physical features of southern colonies |
tide water, rich soil |
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main ports of new england |
Nantucket, Boston |
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main ports of middle colonies |
Philadelphia |
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main ports of southern colonies |
Charlestown, Savannah |
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who settled in new england |
Mostly English |
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who settled in middle colonies |
melting pot |
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who settled in the Southern colonies |
mostly english |
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large farms run by slaves or laborers |
plantations |
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the souths wide coastal plain |
tidewater |
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largest food crop in all the colonies |
corn |
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when the colonists began to produce extra goods beyond what they needed for their use What did they do with it |
triangular trade |
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some cash crops of the south |
tobbaco, corn, rice |
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farmers who could raise just enough crops and livestock to provide for their families |
subsistence farmers |
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who learned the language of the Algonquin Indians and translated the Bible in their language |
John Eliot |
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Indians who became Christians and lived to learn the Bible lived where. Converted indians lived here |
praying towns |
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what battle did the colonists ambushed an Indian fort and killed as many Indians as they could. This was the first time the Puritans allowed Indian slavery |
Pequot War |
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What war killed so many Indians that they could not maintain their way of life. |
King Philips War |
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In the southern colonies, fighting broke out. It began with the Indians and the colonists jointed in, what rebellion was it |
Becons Rebellion |
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in the british colonies, what group of people were most active in missionaries to the indians |
Puritians |
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after what war did the Puritians practice slavery |
Pequot War |
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what was the result of Bacons Rebellion |
Bacon and his followers burnt down Jamestown |
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another name for the local army |
militia |
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legislature had the power to stop payment of the governor if he didnt do what they liked. what was that called |
power of the purse |
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people accused of crimes and settle disputes between citizens |
justices of the peace |
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How did the colonists finance their goverenment |
through taxes, property tax was the highest |
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free adult white male property owners where called?. what could they do |
freeholders or freeeman. they could vote |
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basic unit of government |
township |
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three types of colonies? |
royal (king choose government), proprietary (proprietor or his heirs named the government), and charter (elected their officals) |
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who was in charge of holding court in the colonies |
governor |
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why was the town meeting considered the purest form of democracy |
because the average citizen could be in the meetings |
