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100Who is Squanto?
This Native American helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter.
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100What is Southern Colonies?
This region had huge plantations because it was perfect for growing tobacco and rice.
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100What is the Southern Colonies?
Cash Crops were a way people made their money in this region.
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100What is the New England Colonies?
In this colonial region, only men who were members of the Puritan church could participate in government.
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100What is Sunday?
In colonial times everyone worked all the time...well, except for on this day of the week.
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200Why was landing so late a problem for the Pilgrims?
They couldn't grow crops.
The weather caused illnesses.
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200What is the Southern Colonies?
This region had steamy summers with lots of mosquitos.
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200What is New England?
This region offered several job opportunities, including:
Farming, lumbering, fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, and trapping.
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200What is the Middle Colonies?
William Penn started a colony in this region to protect the Quakers.
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200What is bow or curtsey?
It was expected that you do this before speaking to someone.
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300Who is Squanto?
His entire tribe was wiped out by disease.
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300What is New England?
Rocky soil, plentiful forests and easy access to the sea.
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300What is the Middle Colonies?
This region offered many INDUSTRIES and many colonists became merchants if they lived here.
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300Who is "the King"
This is who starts a "Royal Colony".
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300What is firewood?
(Any trading good could work and sometimes even $$$)
Kids were expected to pay their teacher with this during colonial times.
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400Who is Squanto?
Pilgrims believed God had sent him to save them.
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400What is the Middle Colonies?
Known as the "Wheat Basket", this region had rich soil for raising wheat, available minerals, cold winters and hot summers.
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400What is the Southern Colonies?
Slaves were bought and sold mostly in this colonial region.
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400What is a proprietary colony.
Lord Baltimore was appointed by the King to start this type of colony.
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400What is a whalebone?
Colonial Kids wore this to improve their posture.
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500What is the Mayflower Compact?
A plan of government the Pilgrims created.
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500What is the Southern Colonies?
This region had large coastal plains. (flat land)
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500What is the Middle Colonies?
If you were a miner, you probably lived in this region.
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500What is England?
All of the colonies, no matter who could participate in government were really still controled by which country?
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500What are breeches?
Boys pants were called this.
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