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Key Events
100

What is the location of the 13 colonies?

Along the eastern coast of North America

100

What was the main cash crop in Virginia?

Tobacco

100

What was the first representative assembly in America?

The House of Burgesses (in Virginia)

100

What was a common religion in the New England colonies?

Puritanism

100

What event led to the establishment of the Georgia colony?

The need for a buffer between British colonies and Spanish Florida

200

Name one colony in New England.

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or New Hampshire

200

What trade system connected Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

The Triangular Trade

200

What type of government did most colonies have?

Colonial assemblies with a royal governor

200

What colony was established for Quakers?

Pennsylvania

200

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

 To establish a system of self-governance for the Plymouth Colony

300

What natural feature influenced colonial trade?

 The Atlantic Ocean

300

How did the colonies benefit from mercantilism?

They provided raw materials to England and received manufactured goods in return

300

Name one document that outlined colonial governance.

The Mayflower Compact or colonial charters

300

What impact did the Great Awakening have on the colonies?

 It sparked religious revival and challenged traditional authority

300

Name a conflict between colonists and Native Americans.

 King Philip's War or the Pequot War

400

Name one of the breadbasket colonies?

 Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey

400

What was the primary industry in New England?

Shipbuilding

400

What was the role of colonial governors?

 To represent the British crown and oversee colonial affairs

400

How did colonial life differ between the North and South?

The North focused on trade and small farms, while the South had large plantations and slavery

400

What was the outcome of the French and Indian War for the colonies?

Britain gained control of French territories in North America

500

Name the three regions where the colonies were primarily located.

 New England, Middle, and the Southern Colonies

500

What is the significance of the triangular trade?

It facilitated the exchange of goods, slaves, and resources between three continents

500

Explain the concept of "self-government" in the colonies.

Colonists elected their own representatives to make local laws and decisions

500

What was the significance of education in the colonies?

It promoted literacy and helped establish early American universities

500

How did the Navigation Acts affect colonial trade?

They restricted colonial trade to benefit England, causing resentment among colonists

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