13 Colonies Unit 2 Test Review

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What colonies made up the New England colonies?

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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

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What colonies made up the middle colonies?

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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

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What colonies made up the southern colonies?

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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

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What characteristics describe the New England colonies?

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Rocky soil, shipbuilding, fishing, cold winters

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What characteristics describe the middle colonies? Options: Rocky soil, trade, short growing season; Fertile soil, "breadbasket" moderate growing season, rivers; Fertile soil, plantations, slaves, long growing season; Rocky soil, ship building, long growing season

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Fertile soil, "breadbasket" moderate growing season, rivers

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Which characteristics describe the southern colonies? Options: Fertile soil, plantations, slaves, long growing season

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Fertile soil, plantations, slaves, long growing season

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What was the name of the first permanent English colony?

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Jamestown

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What was the major reason the original settlers of Plymouth Colony, Maryland, and Pennsylvania came to America?

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to secure freedom from religious persecution

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The Virginia House of Burgesses was important in the development of colonial America because it was the first attempt to

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establish a representative government

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What group wanted to reform the Anglican church?

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Puritans