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John Smith | One of the early leaders of the Jamestown settlement |
Jamestown | The first permanent English settlement in North Ameria |
Quakers | A religious group who moved to Pennsylvania to find relgious freedom |
Middle Passage | A horrible trip made by slaves from Africa to the East Coast of the Western Hemisphere |
House of Burgesses | The first representataive assembly established in the colonies |
Mayflower Compact | A document written by the settlers of the Plymouth colony to establish the idea of self-government. |
New England Colonies | Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island |
Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania |
Sourthern Colonies | North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and Maryland |
Maryland | A Middle Colony established mainly for Roman Catholics |
Rhode Island | The New England Colony that was established for religious toleration |
"Bread Basket" | The name given to the Middle Colonies because they produced so much grain used to make bread. |
plantations | Large farms in the Southern Colonies where slaves worded during the colonial period. |
New England Colonies | The colonies where fishing , shipbuilding and lumber were important |
To learn to read the Bible | The primary reason children went to school |