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59 Cards in this Set
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What is the capital of New York?
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Albany
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What is the capital of Georgia?
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Atlanta
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What is the capital of Maryland?
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Anapolis
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a ladies name
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What is the capital of Massachusetts?
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Boston
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What is the capital of South Carolina?
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Columbia
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What is the capital of New Hampshire?
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Concord
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What is the capital of Delaware?
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Dover
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What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
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Harrisburg
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What is the capital of Connecticut?
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Hartford
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What is the capital of New Jersey?
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Trenton
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What is the capital of North Carolina?
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Raleigh
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What is the capital of Virginia?
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Richmond
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What is the capital of Rhode Island?
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Providence
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What are the 3 types of colonies?
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What properties were owned and operated by the King?
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Royal colonies
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What properties were owned and operated by those who lived there?
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Proprietary colonies
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Which properties were owned and operated by 1 person or family?
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Self-Governing colonies
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One colony was divided by rich and poor and eventually became the 2 colonies known as ___________ and __________.
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North Carolina & South Carolina
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Aunt Jodi
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Which colony (state) was settle by the Quakers (Friends)?
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Pennsylvania
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Which colony was started to help those in debt?
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Georgia
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Who was the leader of Georgia?
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James Oglethorpe
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The Dutch started what colony?
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New Amsterdam
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New Amsterdam became known as another name. What is it?
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New York
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What was the 1st permanent English settlement in America?
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Jamestown
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When was Jamestown settled?
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1607
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What colony allowed Catholics to settle there?
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Maryland
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What colony was named for Elizabeth I?
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Virginia
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Who is usually considered to have the first state constitution in America?
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New Hampshire
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In what year was the Jamestown colony founded?
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1607
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In what year did the the Pilgrims found the Plymouth Colony in New England?
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1620
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Lord Calvert was the leader of what colony?
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Maryland
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William Penn was the leader of what colony?
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Pennsylvania
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Roger Williams was the leader of what colony?
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Rhode Island
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James Oglethorpe was the leader of what colony?
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Georgia
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Peter Minuit was the leder of what colony?
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New York
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Who was the 1st state to ratify the Constitution?
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Delaware
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Who was the last state to ratify the Constitution?
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Vermont
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Who was the founder of Rhode Island where religious freedom took lasting root? He disagreed with (1) leaders of the Massachusetts Bay colony about keeping the Puritans out of the Church of England, (2) he wanted the church not to interfere with civil matters and vice versa, and (3) he criticized the Puritans for taking land that rightly belonged to the Indians. He was banished from the colony when a General Court found him guilty of "new and dangerous opinions"!!!
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Roger Williams
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your barber
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Who founded Hartford, Connecticut?. This man was the best-known of the Connecticut pioneers and was also a reverend.
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Thomas Hooker
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Pennsylvania is named after this man's father. Charles II owed this man's father a large sum of money, but the father died, and the son was repaid with lots of land.
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William Penn
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This man acted as an agent for the Dutch and purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians for trading goods worth about $24!!
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Peter Minuit
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Who issued a charter for the formation of the Massachusetts Bay Company?
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King Charles I
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Who wanted to create a refuge where debtor prisoners could work and pay off their debts?
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James Oglethorpe
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Who founded Savannah, Georgia, and also prohibited slavery and the use of liquor?
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James Oglethorpe
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Which Dutch governor had a wooden leg and tried to stand up for his colony, but the people didn't support him?
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Who was the 1st Lord Baltimore? He wanted to found a colony for English Catholics.
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George Calvert
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What colony was named after King George II?
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Georgia
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New Netherland and New Amsterdam were renamed ______ _________ after the Duke of York.
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New York
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King Charles I named ____________ after Queen Henrietta Maria.
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Maryland
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Virginia was named after _________.
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Queen Elizabeth I
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Who were North and South Carolina named after?
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King Charles II of England
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How did Pennsylvania get its name?
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It got its name from King Charles II and was named after William Penn.
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What was the 1st permanent English settlement?
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Jamestown
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Which colony was started to help debtors?
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Georgia
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Which colony was started by the Dutch?
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New Netherlands/New York
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Which colony was received from the King to pay a debt?
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Pennsylvania
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Most colonies wanted to keep _________ separate from government.
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religion
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Separation of _________ and _________.
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church and state
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What was the patroon system?
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One person was assigned to bring 50 people to New Netherlands by the Dutch West India Company. If they did that, they'd get special hunting, fishing and fur trading on the land. It was to attract people to the colony.
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