Colonial America Flashcards

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What are the New England Colonies?

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Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

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What are the Middle Colonies?

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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What are the Southern Colonies?

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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What year was Jamestown founded?

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1607

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What year was Massachusetts settled by Pilgrims?

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1620

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What is Jamestown?

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The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in Eastern Virginia.

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What are Quakers?

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The Quakers, or The Society of Friends, dressed plainly, supported non-violence, and believed in the equality of men and women before God

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What is a cash crop?

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A crop that is grown to sell for money rather than for use by the growers

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What does it mean to have a surplus of something?

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You have too much of it, causing the price of the good to go down. You as the seller loses out on income.

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What is the Middle Passage?

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The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West Indies and later to North and South America