Social Studies: Colonial America Study Guide

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Wealthy white men who set up government as the only people who could vote.

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Landowners

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Africans who were forced to work with no pay and no rights.

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Slave

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Land owned by another country

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Colony

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Came from Europe signed contracts to work 4 to 7 years for passage to America.

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Indentured Servant

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Were the primary (main) religious group in the New England Colonies?

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Puritans

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This country owned and ruled the 13 Original Colonies.

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England

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In 1607, The Virginia Company sent colonists to this place to find Gold and Silver.

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Jamestown

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What are THREE main industries in the New England Colonies?

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Timber, Whales, and Fur

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Most colonists received their education at/in

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Their home

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What was something some slaves were able to do to fight against slavery in the Southern Colonies: Get an Education to write against it, Slow down work

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Get an Education to write against it