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51 Cards in this Set
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Who was Maryland named after?
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The Kings wife Maria
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Who was given the charter for Georgia?
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James Oglethorpe
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Influence
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Ability people or things have to affect other people or things
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What was the name of the port and city that was most important to SC?
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Charles Towne
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Name the place where anyone could worship as they pleased
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Pennsylvania
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Who settled Georgia?
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Prisoners
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Today Charles Towne is called?
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Charleston
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Burgess
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A representative who speaks for others
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Frontier
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The land beyond the settlements
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Who made indigo a cash crop?
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Eliza Lucas
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Name one cash crop
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tobacco
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Which four states made up the "Bread Basket" of the colonies?
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New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Penn.
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Why were the settlers mad at the Quakers?
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They refused to help fight the Indians
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There were many wars with who over land and fishing rights?
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Indians
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People who were in prison for owing money came to ________ to work off debts
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Georgia
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Debtor means?
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People who owe money
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Cash Crop
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A crop that people raise to sell to others rather than to use themselves.
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Frame of Government
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Pa's government said people had freedom of speech, worship and a trial by jury
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The Dutch colony was called?
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New Netherland
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Why did the Dutch people refuse to fight the English?
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Disliked Stuyvesant
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Refuse
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A safe place
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Which church did you have to go to in England?
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Church of England
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Who was the proprietor of Pennsylvania?
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William Penn
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Why were some states called Breadbasket colonies?
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They raised so much wheat.
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How was Pennsylvania set up
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As a trading posts
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What was Carolinas main crop?
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Rice
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Stoop
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A wide, high doorstep
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The Lord proprietor of Maryland was?
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Lord Baltimore
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When the English won the wars with the Indians what happened?
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Indians were forced to leave the colonies
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The Calverts were families of wealthy business people. Why did they come to America?
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1. To Make money
2. Refuge for Catholics |
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What state was founded by the Calverts?
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Maryland
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Who settled Pennsylvania?
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Quakers or Society of Friends
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Who felt that violence was wrong and refused to carry a gun or fight?
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Quakers
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John Rolfe
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Was the first to bring tobacco to the colonies
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Virginia
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1st permanent English colony in North America
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What is Indigo?
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Plants from which blue dye in made. Grown in SC
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How were roads made?
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Widening trails
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The Carolinas were ruled by 8 proprietors appointed by?
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King Charles
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House of Burgess
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Made up of wealthy men who grew tobacco
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Philadelphia
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Pa. most important city
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What is New Amsterdam today?
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New York
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Who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What were the only ways to travel in colonial times?
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1. boat
2. horseback 3. foot |
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What did Benjamin Franklin own?
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A Print Shop in Philadelphia
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South Carolina had _______ farms
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Large
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North Carolina had ________ farms
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small
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Immigrants
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People who came to live in a country from another country
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What does Pennsylvania mean
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"Penn's Woods"
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General Assembly
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Council or group oooooof men who made laws
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What are Naval stores?
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Products made from pine tar used in building ships
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Huguenots are
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French Protestants
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