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Happened as new trade routes were found
What was the Age of Discovery?
colony that began to grow tobacco and established the House of Burgesses
What was Jamestown?
slaves living in on large plantations to grow cash crops here
What were the southern colonies?
kept settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains
Britain's Proclamation of 1763
claimed present day Florida
were taught to survive by Wamapanoag tribe
What was Plymouth?
What was their geographic location?
placed a tax on printed papers and was done to help Britain pay off its debt
What was the Stamp Act?
discovered Newfoundland
Who was Jacques Cartier?
Its fate remains a mystery
What was Roanoke?
New York, Pennslyvania, Delaware, and New Jersey
What were the Middle Colonies?
group led by Samual Adams that was upset with Britain
What was the Sons of Liberty?
founded by William Penn
What was Pennsylvania
What were the Southern colonies?
meeting held in Philadelphia in 1772 to try to come to a peaceful agreement with Britain
What was the First Continental Congress?
colonized the Raonoke
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
number of colonies by the 18th century
had representative democracies
What were the Northern Colonies?
booklet by Thomas Paine that convinced colonists to fight for independence