Colonial Era
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania |
| Mercantilism | an economic theory that believe the colonies should benefit the mother country |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First written constitution in the colonies |
| 1607 | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Southern Colonies | tobacco, rice, indigo |
| 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
| Mayflower Compact | First form of self-government in the colonies |
| Jamestown | First, permnant, English colony |
| Pennsylvania | Founded for Quakers |
| Maryland | Founded for Catholics |
| Roger Williams | Rhode Island |
| Thomas Hooker | Connecticut |
| James Oglethorpe | Georgia |
| Southern Colonies | Large plantations and lots of slaves |
| Breadbasket Colonies | Nickname for the middle colonies |
| William Penn | Pennsylvania |
| Rhode Island | Founded for religous freedom & separation of church and state |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | First representative government in the colonies |
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