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nearly ten thousand people settled during the first ten years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony & historians call this what? |
"Great Migration" |
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the type of growth when there were more men than women & the population grew very slowly. |
natural increase |
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most of the English settlers came from where? |
England |
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by the late 1700s Germans composed nearly ____ of pennsylvanias population. |
1/3 |
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the _____ made up the second-largest group of immigrants. |
Scots-Irish |
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the Africans' journey to the New World was called the _____ |
"Middle Passage" |
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the travelers on the trails often used _________ to carry all of their belongings. |
Conestoga wagons |
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what was the occupation of most of the colonies? |
farming |
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why was farming not the primary source of profit in the New England Colonies? |
NEC lacks flat farmland & fertile/abundant soil |
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what three occupations provided the main sources of income for the New England colonists? |
•fishing •ship building •whaling |
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what two geographic characteristics were advantages to the middle colonies? |
•navigatable rivers •rich, thick soil |
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what was the nickname of the middle colonies? why? |
•bread colonies •because the settlers could grow cereal grains |
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what became the major activity in the middle colonies? |
farming |
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what were large farms called? |
plantations |
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what are three major money crops in the southern colonies? what is the primary food crop? |
•tobacco •rice •indigo
•corn |
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products passed between the americas, europe, and africa was called the _____ |
triangular trade |
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what is the undeveloped area at the edge of the colonies called? |
frontier |
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which region of the colonies developed sea industries? |
New England |
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which region of the colonies had the most slaves? |
southern |
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what are three ways the colonists' growth and expansion threatened the indians? |
•the indians were driven off their land •they were threatened by the white mens weapons •they had lack of food |
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name two indian wars that occured in New England |
•Pequot War •King Philip's War |
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who had the power to call the militia? the governor or the legislature? |
governor |
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what power did the legislature have over the governor? |
Power of the Purse |
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did all English immigrants come from the same region in New England? |
no |
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governors appointed local _____ to try those accused of crimes and to settle disputes between citizens. |
justices of the peace |
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all white male property owners were called _____ |
freeholders |
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what was the main tax in the colonies? |
property tax |
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what was one of the worst incidents involving the indians? |
Bacon's Rebellion |
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who translated the bible into the Algonquin language? |
John Eliot |
