Colonial America Review

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What region had a more diverse population with Catholics, Quakers, and Anglicans?

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What are the differences between the English colonies in Jamestown and Plymouth?

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Settlers established Jamestown to make money, while the Pilgrims founded Plymouth for religious reasons.

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Why did the Puritans establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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to escape religious persecution and unrest in England and other parts of Europe

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The Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were

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aware of the need to make their own government

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The colony Lord Baltimore established in Maryland encouraged

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religious freedom for Roman Catholics

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A religious group that wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.

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Puritans

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Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

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Indentured Servants

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A colony under the direct control of a monarch

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Royal Colony

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An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought

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Mercantilism

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an account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

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primary source