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17 Cards in this Set
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Southern Colonies
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Maryland, The Carolinas, and Georgia had suitable crops for tobacco, rice, and indigo
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Middle Colonies
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were full of Quakers, tolerant of other people's religions
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New England Colonies
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Puritans and pilgrims lived here in a place with poor, rocky soil not suitable for growing many crops.
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Salutary Neglect
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Britain leaving the 13 colonies alone having no restriction in 1620
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Mayflower Compact
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Pilgrims signed a social contract for self-government in 1620
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Self-Government
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Established by the Mayflower Compact saying laws would be made for the good of the whole colony
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Puritans
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Religious group from England who wanted to purify the church, so they headed to America
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Import
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Goods that come into your country ex. From China
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Export
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Goods sent out (exiting) of your country
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House of Burgesses
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First representative government in the English Colonies
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Jamestown
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First permanent English settlement; swampy location caused disease to spread
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13 original colonies
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Britsh colonies located along the Atlantic Ocean in America
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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First successful written constitution in America
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3G's
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God, Glory, God; motivations of early explorers
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Mercantilism
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Colonies supply raw materials to European countries, and in turn, Europe sells manufactured goods back for a higher price
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Magna Carta
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In the year 1215, it limited the power if the king
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Zenger Trial
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Established the right of freedom of the press in the colonies
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