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| Where did the Spanish establish colonies? |
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- Mexico
- South America
- Florida
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| Where did the French establish colonies? |
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| Where did the Dutch establish colonies? |
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Who established the Dutch colonies?
What was the main colony called? |
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Henry Hudson
New Netherland |
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Who purchased Long Island from the natives?
How much money did it cost? |
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| Who was the dominany colonizer in the New World? |
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| Why did Europeans leave their homes? |
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- Freedom from political and religious persecution
- Economic opportunites
- Missionary work: to spread Christianity
- Adventure
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| What were the impacts of the settlements on Native Americans? |
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- Native populatin plummeted due to disease
- Bitter fighting erupted
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| What were the impacts of the Native Americans on settlers? |
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- Taught settlers to grow corn, beats, squash and tomatoes
- Taught settlers to hunt and trap forest animals
- Shared their traditions of turkey and pumpkin pie with the settlers
- Some settlers adopted Indian clothing
- Indian trails became highways for settlers
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| When were the thirteen colonies founded? |
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| What were the four regions? |
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- Chesapeake Bay
- New England
- Middle Colonies
- Lower South
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| Which colonies were in the New England region? |
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- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
Connecticut
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| Which colonies were in the Middle Colonies region? |
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- New York
- Delaware
- New Jersey
- Pennsylvania
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| What did each region share? |
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| Each region had its own common economy, labor system and religious heritage. |
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What was the name of the colony?
Who chartered it? |
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Jamestown, Virginia
King James I |
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What were the people going to Jamestown looking for?
What did they have to do instead? |
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Gold and adventure
Farming |
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| A failed settlement that England had set up before Jamestown. |
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| Who was the head of the Jamestown colony? |
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| What were problems that Jamestown colonists faced? |
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- Attacks from natives
- Starvation
- Smallpox, only 60 of the original 300 colonists survived after the disease hit
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| Who offered assistance to Jamestown? |
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- Successfully planned a cash crop of tobacco, which was marketed, even though the king hated it
- Married Chief Powhatan's daughter, Pocahontas
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| What was Jamestown's major export? |
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| Who led a revolt by farmers against Virginia because of unfair tax policies? |
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| He was made Lord Baltimore by King Charles I and was awarded a charter to establish a colony in Maryland. |
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| What happened in Maryland? |
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- Tensions arose between the Catholic minority and the Protestant majority
- George Calvert established religious freedom in the colony for all Christians
- Protestants later seized the colony and established Protestant rule over the colony
- Civil war broke out between Protestants and Catholics
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| English religious dissenters who wanted to return the Church of England to its pure Biblical roots. Did not like Catholics and believed that the Angelican Church was becoming too secular. They migrated to the New World |
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| What was the Mayflower Compact? |
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| An agreement that the Pilgrims signed to form a government that had just and equal laws. Granted rights to all white male colonists who agreed to abide by the colony's laws. |
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| Who helped the Pilgrims survive? |
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| Wampanoag and Pokanoket Indians |
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| What happened to the Puritans, regarding laws? |
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| Puritans left England to escape religous persecution in England, but established even stricter rules in the colonies. |
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| A Puritan who left Massachusetts to establish a less strict settlement in Providence, Rhode Island, where he allowed complete religious freedom |
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| What did King Charles I grant Massachusetts in 1629? |
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| Who wrote a history of the Massachusetts colony? |
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| Governor William Bradford |
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| He was repeatedly elected Goveror of Massachusetts. Was known for persecuting Quakers |
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| He led migrants seeking better land to Connecticut to establish a new settlement |
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| A religious leader banished from Massachusetts because of her criticism of colonial government |
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| Where did other Massachusetts colonists settle? |
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| New Hampshire and Maine (part of Massachusetts |
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| It broke out as a result of a land dispute between the Pequot Indians and the colonists of Massachusetts and Connecticut. The colonists allied with other Indian tribes and destroyed the Pequot Indians |
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| What is history's primary source for the Jamestown story? |
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| How did the Jamestown settlers believe they would be recieved by the Indians? |
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| They believed they would be welcomed, respected and would be able to get food from the tribes in exchange for trinkets |
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| How did the Indians treat the settlers? |
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| They were not friendly and attacked right away |
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| Who did the Jamestown settlers originally fear? |
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| What did the colonists in Jamestown build in 19 days? Why? |
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| They built a fort around Jamestown for protection against the Indians |
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| What the ultimate weapon of the settlers of Jamestown? |
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| What happened to the James River? |
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| It became very salty, due to a drought. When people drank the water, they got salt poisoning from too much salt and too little water in their bloodstream |
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| Who initiated contact and trade with the Indians at Jamestown? |
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| Who was Chief Powhatan's daughter? What did she do? |
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| His daughter was Pocahontas. She supposedly saved John Smith's life, but also prevented her dad from wiping out the colony entirely |
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| What did Smith urge the Virginia Company to do in regards to Jamestown? |
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| He urged them to send more practical settlers, such as carpenters, fishermen and blacksmiths |
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| What happened to John Smith? |
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| He was sleeping while on a journey when a spark was lit by his powderbag. His leg was almost blown off and he was sent home shortly after |
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| What happened in the third year of the Jamestown colony? |
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| Who formed the Virgina Company? |
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| How many settlers died during the "Starving Time"? |
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| What happened during the summer of 1692 in Massachusetts? |
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| 20 people were killed during the Salem Witch Trials |
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| Why was the Meeting House in Salem important? |
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| Military drills and religious celebrations were held there |
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| Who objected to the use of magic in Salem? |
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| What was witchcraft considered in England and New England? |
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| A crime against the state, a civil crime |
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| Who became the minister of Salem Village before the trials began? |
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| How was Salem divided before the trials? |
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| Pro-Parris and anti-Parris sections |
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| What happened in Salem in early 1692? |
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| A group of girls in Salem Village began exhibiting all kinds of strange behaviors |
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| Who did the tormented girls first name as their afflictions? |
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| Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne and Tituba |
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| An American Indian slave who "belonged" to Reverend Parris who supposedly taught the girls all they knew about witchcraft |
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| Confessed to witchcraft to save her life |
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| What happened to the first three women to be arrested in the trials? |
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| Put in a jail in Boston where Sarah Osborne died |
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| What percentage of accused witches were women? |
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| What often led to accusations of witchcraft? |
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| Quarrels and disputes that the accused would have |
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| Who needed to testify that the accused was an actual witch to constitute proof? |
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| Why did some people who were accused of witchcraft confess? |
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| People who confessed were able to postpone or escape execution |
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| Who arrived during the trials with a new charter for Massachusetts? |
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| What happened to Salem Village? |
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| It became an independent community, known as Danvers |
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