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28 Cards in this Set
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Roanoke Colony
( Lost Colony) |
Economic Venture
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Jamestown Settlement
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first permanent English settlement in North America (1607)
economic venture by Virginia Company of London |
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Plymouth Colony
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settled by separatists from church of England to avoid religious persecution
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Massachusetts bay Colony
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settled by Puritans to avoid persecution
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Pennsylvania
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settled by Quakers to practice faith with no interference
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Georgia
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settled by debtors
hoped for economic freedom |
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New England - Geography
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hilly,rocky,soil,rugged coastline
Appalachian Mountains Boston Harbor |
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New England - Climate
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mild summers
cold winter |
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New England economy
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Fishing, shipbuilding,navel supplies, trade and port cities
craftsman shopkeepers |
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new england social life
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village and church
seperatists, religious reformers |
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New england political and civic life
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town meetings
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Mid Atlantic - goegraphy
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fertile farmlands
harbors,bays, wide and deep rivers coastal lowlands Appalachian Mountains |
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mid Atlantic - Climate
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Mild
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Mid Atlantic - economy
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trading, livestock and grain
skilled and unskilled laborers fishmen |
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Mid Atlantic - social life
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villages and cities
varied lifestyles varied religions |
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Mid Atlantic - political and civic life
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market town
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Southern - geography
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harbors, rivers
Appalachian mountains Piedmont Atlantic Coastal Plains |
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Southern - climate
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humid
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Southern - economy
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farms/plantations
cash crops, wood products salvery |
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Southern - social life
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slaves, indentured servants
plantations, mansions few schools and cities church of England |
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Southern - political and civic life
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counties
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Large Landowners
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• Lived predominately in the south
• Relied on indentured servants slaves for labor • Some were educated • Had rich social cultural |
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Farmers
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• Worked the land according to region
• Relied on family members to work |
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Artisans
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• Worked in craftsmen in towns and on plantation
• Lived in small villages and cities |
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Women
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• Worked as caretakers, house workers, homemakers
• Couldn’t vote • Had few chances for education |
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Free Blacks
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• Were able to own land
• Had more economic freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money • Not allowed to vote |
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Indentured Servants
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• Consisted of men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and agreed to work without pay for their passage
• Were free at the end of their contract |
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Slaves
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• Were captured in their native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery
• Were owned as property for life with no rights • Were often born into slavery (children of slaves were born into slavery) |
