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25 Cards in this Set
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What was the first Colony?
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Virginia (Jamestown)
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What was the last colony settled?
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Georgia
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What was the first written constitution in the colonies?
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Fundamental Orders
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Which Colony was the Fundamnetal Orders written for?
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Connecticut
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Where was the first elected legistlature in all the colonies?
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Virginia (Jamestown)
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What was one of the wealthiest colonies? What made them rich?
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South Carolina; Growing rice and Tobacco
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Which colonies were specifically founded for religious reasons?
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Massachusetts Bay, Pannsylvania, & MAryland
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Which colonies were not founded by the English?
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Delaware, New York, New Jersey
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What Propriety colonies never became royal colonies?
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Pennsylvania & Delaware
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Which colony had a corporate form of government for the longest time?
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Rhode Island
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Which colonies were founded by companies?
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Virginia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hapshire
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Which colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics?
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Maryland
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Which colony was founded to help poor debtors?
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Georgia
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How many Southern colonies were there?
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5
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Name the Southern Colonies
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Virginia (Jamestown), Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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How many middle colonies were there?
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4
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What were the middle colonies?
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New York, New Jersery, Pennsylvania, Delaware
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How many New England Colonies were there?
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5
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What were the New England Colonies?
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Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hapshire
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What colonies had religious tolerance? Sepration of Church and State?
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Rhode Isalnd, Pennsylvania, & Maryland all had religious freedom/ tolerance; Rhode Island and Pennsylvania had seperation of church and state.
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Which colonies were characterized originally by Quaker ideals?
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New Jersey & Pennsylvania
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What was the Renaissance?
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The Renaissance was a time when Europens began to explore new ideas and expand in their arts, sciences, and understandings of the world.
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Who invented movable type/the printing press?
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Johnathan Gutenberg
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What was the house of Burguesses?
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The 1st legistlative assembly
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What was Mercantilism?
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A plan to increase a nation's gold supply.First, a nation cut down it's imports. Second step was to encourage exports. Third step was to encourage manufacturing industries.
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