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When did Columbus discover America?
1492
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When was Jamestown created?
1607
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Who did Columbus claim America for?
Spain
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Where was Jamestown located?
The Southern Colonies
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When and where was Plymouth settled?
1620; New England colonies
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Where was the Mayflower Compact signed?
Plymouth
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How were the colonies separated?
climate and geography
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What were the Southern colonies like ?
- warm climate fertile soil
- lots of farming
- more slaves
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What were the New England like?
- rocky soil cold
- little farming
- more trade
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Why was the Mayflower Compact important?
first form of self government
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What was the purpose of the Fundamentals of Connecticut?
first written constitution
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What does a representative government meet for?
meet to elect and vote on laws
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Why did pilgrims and puritans settle for?
religious freedom
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What were the 2 most important reasons for explorations?
trade routes and economic reasons(wealth)
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Why did colonists come to North America?
religion, economic reasons( all of them had in common),and political freedom from the king
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What were the puritans religion like?
- strict
- wanted religion to be model for how people live
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Why did England settle?
economic reasons
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Why did Spain settle?
- the three g's
- God
- Glory
- Gold
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Why did France settle?
- fur trade
- some religion reasons
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What did John Rolf do to help?
- brought tobacco
- raised profits
- and brought number of slaves up
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Why did the people want self government?
- the king was far away
- law and order
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What is the difference between indentured servant and slaves
- indentured servants can pay off there debts
- slaves are there forever
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Why was the Proclamation line important?
line for colonist so they would not cause conflict with the Indians
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Never Make Cynthia Run
New England; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island
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New Pennies New Dimes (Middle Colonies)
New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Delaware
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My Vehicle Needs Some Gas (Southern Colonies)
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia
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