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This term means that a nation becomes strong by increasing its supply of gold and expanding trade
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mercantilism
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"Dutch plantations"
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patroons
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Founded Rhode Island.....
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Roger Williams
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Founded the Georgia colony...
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James Oglethorpe
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Thomas Hooker's colony....
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Connecticut
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Name the New England colonies...
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RI MASS NH CONN
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This modern state is where the Pilgrims and Puritans settled....
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MASS
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These are the Middle colonies....
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DEL NY NJ PA
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Lord Baltimore's colony....
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MD
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The Quaker colony...
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PA
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Pennsylvania settlers were the most unfair to the Indians TRUE/FALSE
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False
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TRUE/FALSE...Roger Williams thought the church and government should be separate
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True
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These many peolple were executed in Salem for witch craft....
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20
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Exporting more than importing is a key part of.....
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mercantilism
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The Navigation Acts were designed for this reason....
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To enrich England and boost its power
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Be sure you know the provisions in the English Bill of Rights....
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Good advice, thanks
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This colony was the first to start public education...
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MASS
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Be able to explain the beginnings of the RI colony and how its governmentdiffered from that of MASS
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OK, thanks for the heads up
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Be able to provide evidence that England thought the colonies existed for the good of England...
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Why, is this an essay question?
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Know your map of Colonial America.....
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You mean I should study the map? (Yesssiiiiiirrrreeee)
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Long time leader of the Puritan colony....
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John Winthrop
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Which was settled first.....Jamestown or Mass.
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Jamestown
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Mass. settlers fought a bitter war with this Indian tribe.....
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Wampanoag
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Whale oil was used as fuel in these....
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lamps
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England took what is now New York from this other European nation...
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Netherlands
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A minimum of these many families had to live on a patroon.....
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FIFTY
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Peter Stuyvesant was a governor in this colony...
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New Netherlands
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King Charles II gave this Duke permission to take land from the Dutch...
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York
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The Delaware River separates these 2 colonies (today states).....
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PA NJ
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Why did the Quakers leave England...
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Sought religious freedom
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What does "Pennsylvania" mean......
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Penn's woodlands
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Although Wm Penn tolerated most religions, he was forced to turned away these 2 groups by English officials.....
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Jews Catholics
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The Pennsylvania Dutch really came from this other European nation....
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Germany
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Before it weas called Delaware, it was called....
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Pennsylvania's Lower Counties
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Winters were milder in New England or the Middle Colonies...
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Middle
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The Great Wagon Road was originally a trail made by these Indians...
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Iroquois
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These are the Southern Colonies...
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VA MD NC SC GA
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These were the Breadbasket Colonies...
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The Middle Colonies
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This name refers to the border between MD and PA...
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Mason-Dixon Line
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Lord Baltimore's real last name....
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Calvert
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This was the main religious group settling MD....
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Catholics
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Which colony had the Act of Toleration....
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MD
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Bacon's Rebellion took place in this colony....
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VA
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The original name of Charleston, SC...
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Charles Town
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Two of the main crops grown in the Southern colonies...
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rice tobacco
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Founder of GA....
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James Oglethorpe
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Which colony group had the best climate and geography for farming....
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Southern colonies
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Names of laws made especially for slaves....
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Slave codes
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This term referred to the trip across the Atlantic by African slaves....
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Middle Passage
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Most Southerners did or did not own slaves...
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did not
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This was the largest and busiest seaport in the colonies....
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Philadelphia
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Molasses is made from this.....
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sugar cane
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This term means a group of lawmakers....
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legislature
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England's King James was deposed during this....
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Glorious Revolution
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Who started the American Philosophical Society....
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Ben Franklin
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This was the highest of the classes of people.....
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gentry
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Length of indenture for those servants....
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4 to 7 years
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What is Gullah....
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a West African language
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This was the religious movement in the early to mid 18th century....
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Great Awakening
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The wealthy planter in the South sent their kids here for education...
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England
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At what age were boys apprenticed....
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12-13
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This Englishman explained how gravity worked...
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Isaac Newton
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Author of Poor Richard's Almanac....
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Ben Franklin
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