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Which Colonies were founded specifically for Economic reasons?

Virginia, North Carolina, New York

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Main form of labor used early in the Southern Colonies?
Indentured Servitude.
100
What was Christopher Columbus' main reason for sailing across the ocean?
In search of a passage to Asia
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What is the term to describe Jamestown's suffering in the first few years?

Starving Time

100
What was the main reason for European Exploration and Colonization
Economic Opportunity (gold)
200

What was effectively the first Constitution in the US?

The Mayflower Compact 

200
List 3 colonies founded specifically for Religious reasons:
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
200
What did John Rolfe Introduce in Jamestown that became its chief economic activity.
Growing Tobacco
200
Who took over Jamestown early on, forced its settlers to build better housing and farm, therefore saving the colony.
John Smith
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What was the first permanent English Colony called? When was it founded?
Jamestown, 1607
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Who founded Maryland and which religious group was it a haven to.
Lord Baltimore, Catholics
300
What was the main reason for Spanish exploration/colonization?
Spread Christianity
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What was the most important idea in the Mayflower compact?
Self-government
300
What colony was founded as a refuge for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
300
Why did the Settlers need to write the Mayflower Compact.
They landed outside of Virginia and therefore weren't in its jurisdiction.
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What was the most important geographic feature of Boston, Philadelphia and New York?
Ocean Harbors
400
List the main reasons English Settlers went to the New World.
Adventure Free or Cheap Land Religious Freedom Political Freedom
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Who founded the Colony of North Carolina?

Walter Raleigh

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Who was Wahunsonacock's daughter, who famously saved John Smith?
Pocahontas
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When and where was the Mayflower Compact signed?
Plymouth, 1620
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Name all 13 colonies

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

500
Why was the Colony of Georgia Founded?
As a Prison Colony, for debtors
500
Which Colonies would you describe as having Flat, Fertile land?
The Middle Colonies and the Southern Colonies
500
Why did the Puritans come to the New World?
Religious and Political Freedom
500
Which Colonies had the best farmland?
Southern