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Which Puritan leader founded the settlement of Boston?
John Winthrop
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Who founded Providence?
Roger Williams
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What was the first settlement in Rhode Island?
Providence
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What place did Anne Hutchinson found?
Portsmouth
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What colony did Thomas Hooker found?
Connecticut
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Who was the Wampanoag leader who led King Philip's War against England?
Metacomet
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What is the name of the Dutch colony that became the English colony of New York?
New Netherland
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Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
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Who founded Maryland?
Lord Baltimore
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What religious group could worship freely in Maryland?
Catholics
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Before the arrival of the Europeans, what was the name of the Native American group in the Southern Colonies that formed a Confederacy?
The Creek
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Who founded the colony of Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
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What colony was established for debtors and poor people?
Georgia
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Beginning in the 1600s, why did many Europeans come to the English colonies?
Looking for a better life for themselves
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What was the voyage to the colonies like?
Long and difficult
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The economy in each of the colonies' 3 regions developed differently, although all were based mostly on what?
agriculture
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What helped many New Englanders to become wealthy?
The Triangular Trade
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Besides agriculture, what other things contributed to the economy?
fishing, shipbuilding, and trading
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By the middle of the 1700s, what kind of system were the English colonists following?
free enterprise
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Where did most enslaved people work in the colonies?
On large plantations in the Southern colonies
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What was a plantation?
Like a small village where enslaved people did all the work
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What kept African slaves from giving up hope?
Strong family ties
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In which city did Benjamin Franklin arrive in 1723 and help?
Philadelphia
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Why did many colonists settle in backcountry near Appalachian mountains?
High land prices on the Atlantic Coastal Plain
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What is a relief map?
Map that shows how elevation changes from place to place
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What is an elevation map?
Map that show the height of land areas
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What is a climograph?
Shows information about the temperature and precipitation of a place over time
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What is the Triangular Route?
A 3 sided trade route between Africa, the West Indies and the New England colonies. Involved slave trade and trading of goods.
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A book that a person writes about his or her own life
autobiography
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The business of farming
agriculture
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The men who owned all the land of a colony
proprietors
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To send goods to other countries for sale or trade
export
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A system where people make their own decisions about business
free enterprise
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The height of land above sea level
elevation
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To allow people to have beliefs that are different from one's one
tolerate
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Rules that planters made to control enslaved workers
slave codes
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reference book written by Benjamin Franklin
almanac
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The difference in height between land areas
relief
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The second leg of the triangular trade route
Middle Passage
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The land on the edge of the settlement
frontier
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A person who owes money
debtor
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A large farm that grew one main crop
plantation
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The boss of the plantation
overseer
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Describe First Leg of Triangular Route
- From New England to West Africa
- Traded rum/guns for gold, ivory, captive Africans
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Describe Second Leg
- Middle Passage
- Africa to West Indies
- Traded Africans for molasses
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Describe Third Leg
- From West Indies to New England
- Molasses was made into rum
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