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New England ColoniesChapter 6

20 Questions!

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Metacomet

________ believed his people had to go to war to

keep their land.

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Town meeting

A ____________ is where people in a community vote on rules and make

laws.

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The New England ______________is short because winters are long and

cold..

growing season

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What was an important export the New England colonies sent to Europe?

fish

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Some colonists did not agree with their leaders. They were called ______.

dissenters

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Many New England colonist made a living from the sea.

Some worked in the _____industry.

shipbuilding

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Why was farming difficult for New England

colonist?

Soil too rocky and sandy, growing season

too short

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What was farming in the Middle and Southern

colonies better?

longer growing season and better climate and

soil

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In the ______the water in rivers and streams rises and falls every day with

the ocean tides.

tidewater

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Where did the tidewater region end?

At the fall line, about 100 miles inland

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Why did the Puritans found their colony in

Massachusetts ?

to practice their religion

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What rivers helped make the Middle Colonies a

good place to live?

the Delaware and the Hudson Rivers

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Who was a well known dissenter in the

Massachusetts colony?

Roger Williams

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The new interest in religion in the 1730’s was

called the ______?

Great Awakening

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Two famous ministers during the Great

Awakening were___ and _____.?

Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

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The ______ made the New England economy strong.

Triangular trade route

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By law, what had to be built when more than 50 families were in a town?

A school

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What was the first college in America?

Harvard

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Why did Thomas Hooker decide to form a new

colony?

So all men could vote, even if they were not

church members

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All the businesses that make one kind of product

or provide one kind of service are called _____.

industry

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Goods sent our are called _____and goods brought

in are called______.

Exports: imports

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What was the voyage called from Africa to the West Indies called after slaves were captured ?

Middle Passage

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Trade routes among Europe, Africa and North America, and

the West Indies are

called_____.

triangular trade routes

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Who was Olaudah Equiano?

an enslaved boy who later gained his freedom and became a writer about the horrors of the

Middle Passage

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For what religion did William Penn establish

Pennsylvania?

Quakers

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Town meetings are where people sold goods. True

or False?

False – they voted and made laws

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What did the merchants in the New England colonies

trade the fish and lumber for in Europe?

Tea and spices

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What colony did Roger Williams start and why?

Rhode Island – where people could worship

freely

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Who was Thomas Hooker?

A minister who founded Connecticut

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What was the most important cash crop in Virginia and Maryland?

tobacco

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What shaped the lives of people in the

Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Puritan religion

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What is it called when people made laws for

themselves?

Self-government

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What woman was banished from the

Massachusetts colony?

Anne Hutchinson

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What does banish mean?

Forced to leave

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What caused the Pequot War?

Conflicts over land

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Who could vote at a Massachusetts

Bay colony town meeting??

Male property owners

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That’s All!

Keep Sharp Minds!