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18 Cards in this Set
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What was the Dutch settlement in North America called
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New Netherlands
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What were the Middle Atlantic Colonies called?
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The "breadbasket"
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Why were the Middle Atlantic Colonies called the "breadbasket"
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Because they produced many crops used in making bread
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What was New Netherlands called after the English defeated it
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New York and New Jersey
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What was the first colony founded by the Quakers in North America
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New Jersey
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What colony also attracted many Quakers
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Pennsylvania
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Why did the Quakers settle in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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For religious freedom
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What did William Penn's frame of government give citizens
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1.freedom of speech
2.freedom of worship 3.trial by jury |
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How did most of the people in the Middle Atlantic Colonies make their living
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By farming
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What other colony did William Penn also own for a while
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Delaware
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What were some of Benjamin Franklin's accomplishments
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1.organized the first firefighting company
2.make Philadelphia a major publishing center 3.worked to have Philadelphia's streets paved and lit 4.raised money to build the first hospital in Philadelphia 5.organized militia to protect Philadelphia 6.experimented with electricity 7.helped set up the first library in the colonies |
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Why was traveling in the backcountry so hard
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Because of waterfalls in rivers and lack of roads
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How did frontier families get their food and supplies
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By hunting, farming, and making almost everything they needed
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The right of a person accused of a crime to be tried by a jury
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Trial by Jury
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A person who comes into a country to make a new home there
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Immigrant
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A volunteer army
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Militia
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A yearly calendar and weather forecast that helps farmers know when to plant crops
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Almanac
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The land between the Coastal Plain and Appalachian Mountains
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Back Country
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