3.2 The New England Colonies Flashcards

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Which colonies were part of the New England colonies?

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Massachesetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

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Explain why colonists settled in New England

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They came to the New England colonies for religious freedom

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Describe the political, economic, and social characteristics of the New England Colonies

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-created the Mayflower Compact

-the people came to escape religious persectultion and economic hardtimes

-Great Migration

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How did the geopgraphy and climate shape the development of the New England Colonies

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-In the first winter, 1/2 the Pilgrams died. -Illness and hunger, cold took its toll.

-Native Americans befriended colonists.

-They helped the colonists survive.

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What happened when colonists and Native Americans interacted

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Usually settlers moved into Native American lands without permission or payment. Setters and Native Americans competed for land. The war destroyed the power of the Native Americans

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Who are the Puritans?

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The people who sailed to America. Protestants who wished to reform the Anglican Church

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What is the Mayflower Compact?

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A key step in the development of representative, democratic government in America

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Who is Roger Williams?

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A minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island. They felt government should not force people to worship a certain way.

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Who are Pilgrams?

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Someone who undertakes a religious journey

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Who is John Winthrop

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The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony formed by Puritans