Test Study Review Flashcards
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The legislative branch of government, usually lower of the two law making bodies is referred to as an ____________
Assembly
A plant from which blue dye is made is called __________
Indigo
_______________ was a Roman Catholic friend of King Charles I of England.
Lord baltimore
Lord Baltimore was given land _______and_______ of virginia
North and east
A law passed in 1649, guaranteed freedom. Of worship to all Christian’s in Maryland is called the _____________________
Toleration act
A _________ is someone who owes something, usually money, to another person
Debtor
Something that is marked by success of economic well being is ______________
Prosperous
A ________ is a person who settles on land without owning it or paying rent
Squatter
There are ____ southern colonies
5
The 5 southern colonies are __________,_________,_________,_________,__________
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and south Carolina
_________ was the last of the 13 colonies on the mainland of North America.
Georgia
One reason for Georgia’s existence
It was set up to protect prosperous south Carolina from raids by the Spaniards and Indians in florida
Another reason for Georgia’s existence
Known as the home for debtors
In the 1700s if people couldn’t pay of their debts they were put in ______
Jail
In what generation were people put in jail if they couldn’t pay off their debts
1700s
What are people that cant pay of their debts called
Debtors
A group of ______________ thought that putting debtors in jail was unfair because the debtors wouldn’t be able to make the money while they were in jail
Wealthy men
The wealthy men that thought that putting debtors in jail wasn’t fair because they wouldn’t be able to make the money while they were in jail went to ________________ to ask if the debtors could be released
King George II
King George II agreed to let the debtors out of jail ONLY if they would become ________________ in a new colony called Georgia
Part-time soldiers
__________________ was one of the wealthy men that had a problem with debtors being in jail
James oglethorpe
James Oglethorpe became governor of the new colony called ______________
Georgia
There are ___ colonies that came from Dutch possession out of the 13 colonies
3
The 3 colones that came form Dutch possession were ___________,___________, and____________.
New York, New Jersey, and Delaware
___________________ was renamed New York
Dutch new Amsterdam
