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1
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Who was the pastor that founded a town that grew and became Rhode Island.

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Roger Williams

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The man who was granted land to begin a colony for Catholics

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Lord Baltimore

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Man who founded a town called Hartford, which joined with two other towns to become Connecticut.

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Thomas Hooker

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Man who started a colony where people of any religion would be free to worship as they chose.

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William Penn

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5
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Man who led the first group of settlers to Maryland.

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Cecilius Calvert

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Man who established the colony of Georgia because of his concern for debtors.

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James Oglethorpe

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Had the wealthiest income and owned large landholdings

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Upper class

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Depended on their masters for their daily needs

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Lower class

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9
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Owned some land and few servants or slaves

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Middle class

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10
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Had large homes and kept servants or slaves

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Upper class

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Worked as tradesmen, farmers, shopkeepers, and ship captains.

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Middle class

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12
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Was made up mainly of servants, indentured servants, and slaves.

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Lower class

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13
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Government in which people elect men or women to represent them.

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Representative government

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Religious group that believes people have an “inner light” to guide them; the Society of Friends

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Quakers

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A colony that was directly controlled by the king or ruling monarch

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Royal colony

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16
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One of the first examples of representative government in America

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House of Burgesses

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Meeting of men in which everyone could have a say in decisions and voting would be decided by majority

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town meeting

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A colony that had the king’s permission to choose it’s own governor

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proprietary colony

19
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An appointed leader who would settle problems, hold trials for people of accused crimes, and collected taxes

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justice of the peace

20
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The belief that government should not meddle in church matters

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separation of church and state

21
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are a part of ___________

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New England

22
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are a part of ______________.

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Middle Colonies

23
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Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are a part of __________

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Southern Colonies

24
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Bostonian woman who was tried in court and expelled from the Massachusetts colony for teaching heresy

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Anne Hutchinson

25
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Evangelist who preached in the colonies with a powerful voice during the Great Awakening

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George Whitefield

26
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Man who wrote a book that made many people think seriously about the evils of slavery

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Olaudah Equiano

27
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Man who opened the first public library in America

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Benjamin Franklin

28
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Pastor who led more than three hundred people to Christ during the Great Awakening

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Jonathan Edwards

29
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What is the difference between dame school and grammar school?

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At a dame school, you would learn basic knowledge. Grammar schools were expensive and there you would learn advanced things like, math, writing, Latin, and Greek.

30
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What was the first textbook printed in the colonies?

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New England Primer

31
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What steps did a boy take if he wanted to open his own business or shop in the future?

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He would first become an apprentice, then a journey man, then a master trade man.

32
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What was one of the most popular furs in the fur-trading industry?

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Beaver

33
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What were the middle colonies nicknamed because they supplied flour to all the other colonies and to England?

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Bread Basket Colonies

34
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New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, ship building, fishing.

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New England

35
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New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, fur trading, trades

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Middle colonies

36
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New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, transcontinental trade

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Southern colonies

37
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What were the effects of the Great Awakening?

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New Colonies were told about God and freedoms.

38
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cash crop

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a crop grown for its monetary valued (examples: tobacco, rice, and indigo)

39
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diverse

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having a variety of opinions, cultures and religious beliefs

40
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pamphlet

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a short paper on a single subject

41
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heresy

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a belief that is contrary to Scripture (false teaching)

42
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meetinghouse

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a building used for town meetings and religious services

43
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journeyman

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a person who has finished an apprenticeship and is now accomoplished in a trade but is working to become a master in that trade

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