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1 st 6 Weeks Exam FLASH CARDS

1 st 6 Weeks Exam FLASH CARDS. Instructions. In order to make flash cards, you will need to print this entire slideshow presentation using the following settings: Handouts Six Slides Horizontal

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1 st 6 Weeks Exam FLASH CARDS

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  1. 1st 6 Weeks Exam FLASH CARDS

  2. Instructions In order to make flash cards, you will need to print this entire slideshow presentation using the following settings: Handouts Six Slides Horizontal After printing, the questions and matching answers should appear side by side. Fold the paper in half, glue it closed, and then cut between each row to separate your cards. 

  3. Reasons for establishing the colonies: SOCIAL

  4. to be near family, friends

  5. Reasons for establishing the colonies: POLITICAL

  6. expanding the empire, conquering other countries

  7. Reasons for establishing the colonies: RELIGIOUS

  8. Escape religious persecution; freedom to choose your religion

  9. Reasons for establishing the colonies: ECONOMIC

  10. $$$ - jobs, opportunities, land

  11. WHY was Virginia founded?

  12. economic reasons, • to make money

  13. WHY was Georgia founded?

  14. as a refuge for debtors and a buffer against Spain

  15. WHY were Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania founded?

  16. seeking Religious freedom, tolerance

  17. WHO founded…? • Virginia • Georgia • Massachusetts • Connecticut • Pennsylvania

  18. VA= Men looking for gold • GA= People who owed money • and faced prison • Mass= Puritans • Connecticut= Thomas Hooker • Penn= Quakers, William Penn

  19. WHY did colonists want representative government?

  20. they wanted to make local decisions b/c the King was too far away

  21. What was the first permanent English settlement in America?

  22. Jamestown, VA

  23. WHY was Jamestown founded?

  24. Economic reasons, • $$$

  25. WHEN was Jamestown founded?

  26. 1607

  27. Importance of tobacco?

  28. First cash crop in America. • Saved Jamestown.

  29. CASH CROPS

  30. Crops grown to sell, • not to eat

  31. House of Burgesses: • Date & Significance

  32. 1619 • First legislative assembly • First representative legislature in Colonies

  33. Southern Colonies

  34. Long growing season, regional waterways, and good soil Led to using slave labor for plantations & cash crop farming. Grew tobacco, rice and indigo

  35. Middle Colonies

  36. Colder winters, mix of good areas to grow crops and areas not suitable for crops. Led to grain mills, metal shops, craftsmen, merchants & farmers.

  37. Northern/ • New England • Colonies

  38. Sea coast, rocky soil, long winters. Led to fishing, whaling, timber, ship building, trapping animals (fur).

  39. IMPORTS

  40. Goods brought into the colonies to be purchased by the colonies

  41. EXPORTS

  42. Goods exiting the colonies to be bought by other countries

  43. Mercantilism

  44. Used by England to limit American manufacturing and competition with England Raw materials Colonies England Manufactured goods

  45. Triangular Trade

  46. North American, European and African continents traded raw materials, manufactured goods and slaves Colonies Europe Africa

  47. Mayflower Compact

  48. Pilgrims set up self-government. Agreed on majority rule and consent of the governed (people have a say in their government). Influenced the U.S. Constitution.

  49. Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  50. Thomas Hooker. First written constitution in America. Influenced the U.S. Constitution

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