Colonies Flashcard

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What was the first lasting English settlement in America?

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Jamestown

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What was the first cash-crop that was grown and shipped back to London to be sold?

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Tobacco

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What was the main reason France came to the New World?

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To participate in the Fur Trade

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What is the Mayflower Compact?

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A document created to explain how the colony was to be governed

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How did Rhode Island acquire its land? Options: They fought the Iroquois tribe, They purchased the land from the Native Americans, By getting a Royal Charter, They lived on it with the Native Americans

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They purchased the land from the Native Americans

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What is a theocracy?

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A type of government where religion is the focal point.

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How did Connecticut view those of different faiths?

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They openly persecuted them

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After Massachusetts was established, why were several other colonies created in New England?

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Because of religious tensions

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Which religious group established Pennsylvania?

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The Quakers

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What was the major export of New York?

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Wheat/Flour