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35 Cards in this Set
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Massachusetts Colony Economy |
Small Crops Lumber Ship Building Fishing |
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Massachusetts Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
John Winthrop Massachusetts Bay |
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Massachusetts Colony Year / Type |
1630 Charter |
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Plymouth Colony Year / Type |
1620 Charter |
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Plymouth Colony Economy |
Farming Fishing |
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Plymouth Colony Important Documents |
Mayflower Compact |
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Mayflower Compact |
Promise between Pilgrims, sailors, and God to live and govern fairly. Equality |
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New Hampshire Colony Economy |
Lumber Shipbuilding Trapping Fishing |
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What were the New England Colonies? |
New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island |
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What were the Middle Colonies? |
New York New Jersey Pennsylvania |
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What were the Southern Colonies |
Maryland Virginia Carolinas Georgia |
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Connecticut Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
Thomas Hooker Hartford |
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Connecticut Colony Year / Type |
1639 Charter |
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Connecticut Colony Economy |
Fishing Whaling Farming |
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Rhode Island Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
Roger Williams Providence |
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Rhode Island Colony Economy |
Farming Fishing Whaling Lumber |
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Rhode Island Colony Impact on Slavery |
Major center for the Slave Trade
Caused it to be one of the most hated colonies among the New England Colonies |
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New Jersey Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
George Carteret Jersey City/Berger |
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New Jersey Colony Year / Type |
1689 Proprietary |
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Maryland Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
Cecil Calvert St. Mary's City |
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Maryland Colony Economy |
Farming Ranching Iron Mining Fishing |
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Carolina Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
Robert Heath -- 8 others later Charleston |
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Georgia Colony Founder / 1st Settlement |
James Oglethorpe Savannah |
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Georgia Colony Economy |
Plantation Farming Trade |
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Cash Crops |
Crops grown in large amounts and sold for profit |
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Charter |
Organized by another person or company then received authority from the king |
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Proprietary |
King appoints a person (proprietor) to rule the colony and report directly to the king |
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Slave Trade |
Business of capturing, transporting, and selling people |
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Democratic |
Government ruled by the people. Power to govern belongs to the people |
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Most New England Colonies were formed for: |
Freedom of Religion |
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Most Middle Colonies: |
Had a diverse population, both nationality and religion |
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Most Southern Colonies: |
Consisted of wealthy landowners |
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What Colony had the 1st anti-slavery laws (those laws ended in 1752)? |
Georgia |
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Which Colony was one of the first to start to revolt against British Rule? |
Carolinas |
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Maryland's Act Concerning Religion did what? |
Offered and protected the right of people to worship no matter their religion. Specifically protecting Catholics and Protestants |