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17 Cards in this Set
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The Dutch Colony in North America was called ___________.
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New Netherlands
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The first group of Jews in North America settled in ____________.
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New Amsterdam
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The English wanted control of the Dutch colony because ____________.
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The English colonies wanted to expand in the direction of the Dutch colonies.
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When English warships sailed into the harbor of New Amsterdam, the Dutch settlers _______________.
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Did not fight back
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The Society of Friends, or Quakers, believed that people were ______________.
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People were basically good and violence is wrong
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The name Pennsylvania means_______.
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Penn’s woods
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania and Philadelphia with the belief the people should have _________________.
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Freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and trial by jury
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The right of people accused of breaking the law to be tried by a group of fellow citizens is called __________.
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Trial by jury
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An immigrant is __________.
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A person who comes to a country to make a new home there
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Describe the contributions that the German immigrants introduced.
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The Conestoga wagon, the Pennsylvania rifle, barn-raising
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Benjamin Franklin did many things for Philadelphia such as ______.
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Fire station, library, hospital, paved streets, and lights
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Each year, Benjamin Franklin published a book with a calendar, weather forecasts, and wise sayings called _____.
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Poor Richard’s Almanac
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The foothills between the lowlands along the Atlantic coast and the Appalachian Mountains were called _________________.
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The Piedmont
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Many settlers traveled on the _______ to reach the back country.
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The Great Wagon Road
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Settlers in the backcountry planted in the Indian way by ____________.
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Planting corn, beans, and squash in the same mound
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What contributions did Benjamin Franklin make as a citizen and an inventor? List at least three specific examples.
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- organized a firefighting company
- helped get streets paved and lit - raised money for the first hospital - organized a volunteer army - proved lightning is electricity - helped establish the first colonial library - made Philadelphia a major printing center - published Poor Richard’s Almanac |
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Which colony was founded on the idea that people from all places could live together and get along with each other?
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William Penn's colony of Philadelphia.
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