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10 Cards in this Set
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What are ports and natural harbors important to the development of a city? |
Provided access to markets |
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What was the proclamation of 1763 |
Banned on westward expansion |
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Describe the Massachusetts bay colony |
Founded to escape religious persecution (puritans) |
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List the main reasons people came from England to america |
1) Escape religious persecution 2) religious freedom 3) self government |
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Describe the mayflower compact |
Social contact based on self government (pilgrims) |
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List the reasons American colonists established their own representative government |
1) distance from great Britain 2) lawmaking structure 3) tradition rights of English men |
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What is a chosen assembly and why is it important to the colonial governments |
Chosen by freeman (4 person from each country) shows it was an elected legislator |
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What was grown on the southern plantations |
Cotton was main crop but as well as rice, tobacco, and indigo |
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Why did great Britain tax the colonists |
Needed money following french and Indian war |
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What were the main reasons France wanted to colonize north america |
Profit from trading furs and other goods |
