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Colonial America Review

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What was the primary reason for the settlement of Jamestown?
The colony was established primarily to make money.
What was the primary reason for the settlement of Georgia?
The colony was established for debtors & other poor people & as a buffer between the colonies and Spanish Florida.
What was the primary reason for the settlement of Maryland?
The colony was established by Lord Baltimore for Catholics to practice freedom of Religion.
What was the primary reason for the settlement of Plymouth Massachusetts?
The colony was established for Separatists to practice their religion.
Where is the colony of Santa Fe located?
New Mexico
Where is the colony of Plymouth (English Puritans & Separatists) located?
Massachusetts
Where is the colony of Jamestown located?
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
The Triangular Trade Route was between what three continents?
America, Europe and Africa
The economy of the New England colonies was based on what two products?
Where were logging, whaling, were a major part of the economy?
What were three primary crops grown in the Southern Colonies?
Where were Rice, Indigo and tobacco primary crops?
What was the main reason for the settlement of Santa Fe?
Make money
What was the main reason for the settlement of New Amsterdam
Make money
Where are the French colonies in Quebec located?
Quebec, Canada
Where was the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam located?
New York
Which region of the country was known as the Bread Basket?
Middle Colony
What goods were shipped on the Triangular Trade Route?
Slaves, Guns, Rum
The Journey for slaves from Africa to the New World aboard slaves ships was known as what?
The Middle Passage
Where in the Americas was slavery practiced prior to the Revolutionary War?
All colonies
Why did the South become dependent on slavery?
Reliance on agriculture
What was the name of the democratic form of government established in Plymouth, Mass. by the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
What was the name of the democratic form of government established in Virginia?
House of Burgesses
What the drove the French out of Florida?
Spain and a Hurricane
A person who worked for a seven year period to pay their debts or passage to America was known as a....?
Indentured Servant
A landowner in the South, whose wealth is based on agriculture supported by slavery is known as ....?
A planter
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