Module 3 Review

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Challenges faced by the settlers in Jamestown

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Outbreak of diseases, famine and malnutrition, poor farming skills, lack of preparation, and conflict with Native Americans.

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Similarity between Pilgrim and Puritan settlers

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Both groups wanted to escape religious persecution in England.

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Significant parts of New England's economy

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Fishing and shipbuilding.

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Events of the winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown

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Powhatan surrounded the fort, killing anyone who tried to reach the supplies. Disease and hunger struck, known as the starving time. Only 60 colonists survived until the spring of 1610.

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John Rolfe's contribution to Jamestown

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He introduced a new type of tobacco that sold well in England.

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Original founders of the New York colony

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The Dutch, as a trading post for the exchange of furs.

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Role of the hired servants

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They worked in the fields to grow and harvest crops, signing a contract to work unpaid for a certain number of years.

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Conditions in the Middle Passage

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Enslaved people were crowded on ships in unsanitary and dangerous conditions.

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Region with the highest number of enslaved people

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The Southern Colonies, where they were forced to work on plantations.

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The Great Awakening

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A religious movement that swept through the English colonies in the 18th century.