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| What are the 3 regions of colonies? |
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| New England, Middle Atlantic, and Southern |
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| Colonial life occurred in what years? |
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| New England Colonies are: |
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| New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. |
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| Middle Atlantic Colonies are: |
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| New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania |
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| Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina |
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| What was the first continuous English Colony in the New World? |
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| Why did the colonist name the place in Virginia "Jamestown"? |
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| Because the King of England at this time was James I |
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| What happened in the colony the first year? |
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| About 1/2 died from germs and disease, others starved to death, and others were killed by Native Americans who felt threatened by them. |
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| Who was one of Jamestowns leaders? |
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| How did John Smith help Jamestown? |
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| He bagan trading with the Powhatan Indians and made friends with an Indian princess Pocahontas. |
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| What happened to John Smith? |
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| HE got badly injured and had to return to England. Hard times then fell on the Jamestown Colony. |
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| What was the main crop used in Virginia? |
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| What did farmers want to live on? |
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| A very large farm that required more work and more help to plant tobacco crops. |
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| Where did southern farmers get extra help for their crops? |
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| by indentured servants and slaves |
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| What is an indentured servant? |
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| A person who comes over to the colonies by boat. Who ever pays the boat fare when the servant reaches the colonies is who the servant will work for from 4-7 years to pay off their debt before they are set free. |
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| A slave is a person who was usually kidnapped from their homeland in Africa by a ship owner and hen sold to a farmer in the colonies. A slave was considered property by their owners. Slaves were not set free like indentured servants. |
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| Who was a leader of the Georgia colony? |
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| What did James Oglethrope want to do? |
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| He wanted to set up the Georgia colony for people who owed a debt. |
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| What colony did the Pilgrims settle in? |
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| Who was considered a leader for the Pilgrims? |
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| Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World? |
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| Religious and economic reasons |
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| What were the Pilgrims called who wanted RELIGIOUS freedom? |
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| What were the Pilgrims called who left for ECONOMIC freedom? |
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| Where did the Pilgrims originally set sail for? |
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| Who helped the Pilgrims survive in the New World? |
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| What was the name of another group of people who came to Massachusetts to start a colony? |
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| Puritans, because they wanted to "purify" or change the Church of England. |
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| Who was the leader of the Puritans? |
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| What did the Puritans believe? |
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| That everyone in their colony should believe what they believed. They did not tolerate religious freedom |
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| What was the name of the Puritan who disagreed with the the Puritans not tolerating religious freedom? |
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| What did Roger Williams do when he left Masshachusetts? |
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| He started his own colony in Rhode Island called Providence. |
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