Mrs.Burns We the People lesson 1 quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 How many original colonies? | 13 colonies |
| What did the colonists value most? | freedom, freedom to own land, freedom to practice religions, and the right to vote |
| Politicial leaders of the colonies? | the founders |
| People who worked for colonial farmers, in return for the cost of the trip from Europe to the colonies? | indentured servants |
| Colonists who made their own food, clothing, homes? | self-sufficient |
| Population of the colonies in the 1790's? | about 4 million |
| Who could vote in the colonies? | white adult men who owned at least 50 acres of land |
| Colonists were ________ under the rule of the monarch King George III. | subjects |
| Which European countries colonized in America in the 1790's? | France, Spain, Netherlands, Great Britain |
| ESSAY: Describe life in the colonies? How did the colonists earn a living, what religions were practiced, what languages spoken, what did the colonists value? | 90% were farmers Religion: Protestants, Catholics, and Jews Language was English They Valued: Freedom, right to vote, freedom to own land, and freedom to practice their own religion |
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