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To be put in jail or have other consequences for having different beliefs is called...

Persecuted 

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What is another name for a Separatist?

What is another name for a Separatist?

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What year did Georgia become a colony?

1732

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A waterway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Northwest passage

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Which part of the colonies did the Puritans settle? 

A) The Middle Colonies 

B) The Southern Colonies 

c) The New England Colonies

The New England Colonies 

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How many ships came to settle the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

11 ships

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There were two ships that set sail for the new world. Only one made it and colonized Plymouth colony. What were the two ships names?

Speedwell and Mayflower

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What year did Carolina split into two colonies (North and South Carolina) 

1712

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A document granting the right to establish a colony in North America.

Charter

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Who founded Pennsylvania?

William Penn

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What was the economic activity of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Farming, fishing and lumbering

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A group of people who followed William Penn away from being persecuted for their religious beliefs

Quakers

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Which colonies did indentured servants settle?

Maryland, Virginia and the Carolina’s

300

People who came to work in exchange for transportation and housing for 5-7 years

Indentured Servant

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Name the four colonies that make up the New England Colonies

  1. Massachusetts 

  2. Rhode Island 

  3. Connecticut

  4. New Hampshire

400

Rhode island was founded by these two people

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

400

How did the New York Colony begin?

King Charles II gave land to his brother, the Duke of York

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What were the southern colonies three cash crops?

Cotton, indigo, rice and tobacco

400

The first settlement of the New World

Roanoke

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Name the four colonies that make up the Middle Colonies 

  1. New York 

  2. New Jersey 

  3. Pennsylvania

  4. Delaware

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What year was the first Thanksgiving?

1621

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What was the name of the American Indian who helped the Pilgrims in Plymouth colony?

Squanto

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What year did Georgia accept enslaved people to work their fields

1750

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An agreement signed to prevent disagreements between the Separatists and others

Mayflower Compact

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Name the five colonies that make up the southern colonies

  1. Virgina 

  2. Georgia 

  3. North Carolina

  4. South Carolina 

  5. Maryland