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38 Cards in this Set
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The 4 New England Colonies
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
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The 5 Southern Colonies
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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, George
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The 4 Mid-Atlantic Colonies
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New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania
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Triangular Trade Routes
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Sea route connecting England, the English colonies and west coast of Africa.
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Number of English colonies by the 1750's
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13
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Indigo
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An important cash crop in the south that makes a blue dye for clothing.
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Important New England port city.
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Boston
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New England's economy was based on these industries.
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Fishing, Trading, Shipbuilding
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Profitable cash crops grown on southern plantations
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Rice, indigo, Tobacco
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This made farming more difficult in the New England colonies.
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Rocky soil, Hilly Terrain
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Places for trade in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.
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Market Towns
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Settle by English debtors.
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Georgia
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These colonies welcomed people of different religions.
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Mid-Atlantic Colonies
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The largest and wealthiest colonial city during the 1700's. Diverse population and many religions. Busy seaport.
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Philadelphia
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Religious separatists who want to make their towns into models of pure Christian living.
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Puritans
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Puritans settled here
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Pilgrims settled here
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Plymouth
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A green in the village center, usually with a church meetinghouse at one end.
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New England Village Common
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Settled first by Dutch and called New Netherland.
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New York
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TOwnspeople gathered and men with property voted on laws.
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New England Town Meeting
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Colony settled by William Penn and Quakers, who wanted religious freedom.
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Pennsylvania
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New England Economy
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-Fishing, shipbuilding idustry and naval supplies, trade and port cities.
-Skilled craftsmen, shopkeepers. |
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Mid-Atlantic Economy
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-Livestock and grain, trading
-Unskilled and skilled workers and fishermen |
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Southern Ecocomy
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- Large farms-plantations, cash crops, wood products, small farms.
-Slavery |
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New England Social Life
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- Village and church as center of life.
-Religious reformers and separatists. |
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Mid-atlantic Social Life
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-Villages and cities
-Varied and diverse lifestyles -Diverse religions |
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Southern Social Life
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-Plantations (slavery), mansions, indentured servants, few cities, few schools
-Church of England |
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New England Political and Civic Life
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-Town Meetings
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Mid-Atlantic Political and Civic Life
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-Market Towns
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Southern Political and Civic Life
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-Counties
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Large Landowners
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-Lived predominately in the South
-Relied on indentured servants and/or slaves for labor -Had rich social culture |
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Farmers
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-Worked the land according to the region
-Relied on family members for labor |
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Artisans
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-Worked as craftsment in towns and on the plantations
-Lived in small villages and cities |
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Women
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-Worked as caretakers, house-workers, homemakers
-Could not vote -Had few chances for an education |
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Indentured servants
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-Consisted of men and women who did not have money for passage to the colonies and who agreed to work without pay for the person who paid for their passage
-Were free at the end of their contract |
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Slaves
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-Were captured in thie native Africa and sold to slave traders, then were shipped to the colonies where they were sold into slavery
-Were owned as property for life with no rights -Were often born into slavery (Children of slaves were born into slavery) |
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Economic relationship between England and the colonies
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-England imposed strict control over trade.
-England taxed the colonies after the French and Indian War. -Colonies traded raw materials for goods. |
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Political relationship between England and the colonies
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-Colonists had to obey English laws that were enforced by governors.
-Colonial governors were appointed by the king or by the proprietor. -Colonial legislatures made laws for each colony and were monitored by colonial governors. |