Colonial America: Key Concepts and Events

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What was the first permanent English colony and what year was it established?

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Jamestown 1607

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The Mayflower Compact (1620) is important because it-

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Established self-governance and majority rule.

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What region in the 13 colonies relied heavily on large scale plantations and slavery?

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Southern Colonies

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Under Mercantilism, colonies existed only to-

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Provide wealth and raw materials to the mother country

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The geography of the New England colonies influence their economy due to rocky soil, cold climate, and access to the ocean/rivers?

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True

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What are the 3 P's of New England?

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Puritans, Pilgrims, Plymouth

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Quakers were known as the first_______ group?

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Anti-Slavery group

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Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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What document ended the Revolutionary War?

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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What was the purpose of the Proclamation of 1763?

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As a punishment to the colonists and stop them from settling west of the Appalachians