Module 3 - 8th Grade - The English Colonies

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How were the experiences of indentured servants different from those of enslaved people?

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indentured servants signed a contract to work without pay for a certain number of years

Front

Which colony originally outlawed slavery?

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Georgia

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Which colony promoted religious tolerance?

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Maryland

Front

Which colony acted as a buffer from Spanish Florida?

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Georgia

Front

Which colony intended to be a refuge for English Catholics?

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Maryland

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Which colony intended to be a place where debtors could make a new start?

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Georgia

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How was the Pilgrim colony different from the Puritan colony? Options: the Pilgrim colony gave fewer legal rights to women, the Pilgrims faced little resistance from Native Americans, the Pilgrims had to establish their own basic laws and social rules, the Pilgrim colony was formed in order to escape religious persecution

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the Pilgrims had to establish their own basic laws and social rules

Front

In what way did Roger Williams disagree with the Puritan leaders of Massachusetts?

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he believed in the separation of the church from the state

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The colony of New York was led by Director-General ______________.

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Peter Stuyvesant

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The colony of New York was originally founded by the ____________ as a trading post for exchanging furs.

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Dutch