Unit 2 Test Flashcards Virginia Company and New England Colonies

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Reason for investment in the Virginia Company

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It was a joint-stock company and investors hoped to earn a profit.

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Match the colony to its name

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1 - New Hampshire 2 - Massachusetts 3 - Rhode Island 4 - Connecticut

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Maryland was organized in 1633, Connecticut was founded in 1636, Rhode Island was established in 1644.

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These colonies were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of religious freedom.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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It was the first written constitution that established a tradition of self-government.

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Founding of Jamestown

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1607

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Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact and land at Plymouth

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1620

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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The assembly served as a model for other colonial legislatures.

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Religious groups that came to America to escape religious persecution.

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Catholics, Jews, Pilgrims, Quakers, Puritans

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Colonial regions to compare and contrast using specific examples.

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New England, Middle, or Southern colonies

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Diagram showing factors influencing American colonists.

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Factors like distance from Great Britain and the need for lawmaking led American colonists to establish their own representative institutions.