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Why did the English come to the colonies? | to avoid religious persecution and a wool surplus that resulted in high unemployment |
What was the south's first successful crop? | tobacco-first grown in Jamestown |
Why is barrel making important? | barrels were used to store and ship almost everything which prevented damage to products |
What was the significance of Bacon's Rebellion? | a switch occured from using labor from indentured servants to slaves and backcountry farmers were allowed to own their own land |
How were waterfalls used within colonial society? | sawmills were powered by waterfalls |
Who did the Puritans want to purify? | the Church-all Catholic elements from the Anglican Church |
What was the triangular trade system? | Fish, lumber, and meat to carribean-sugar and bills of exchange to colonies-sugar and bills of exchange to England-manufactured goods to colonies |
How was religion viewed within the Providence Colony? | religious freedom with total separation of Church and State |
How did the Dutch increase the colony's size? | anyone(from any country) was allowed to buy land |
How did William Penn acquire Pennsylvania? | He was granted the land by King Charles to pay a debt to Penn's father |
What did the rise of trade in New England lead to? | rise of cities along the coast with distinct social classes and problems such as overcrowding, crime, pollution, & epidemics |
What were some problems that the Jamestown colony had? | the colony was infested with mosquitos which carries malaria, the colonists did not know how to farm, harvest, hunt, fish, and they refused to perform manual labor, lawlessness |
What land did Walter Raleigh claim? | he chartered ships that discovered Roanoke for England |
Who did the Puritans want to purify? | the Church of England-they wanted to be rid of everything relating to the Catholic Church |
What lands did Walter Raleigh claim in the New World? | Roanoke(Virginia) |
What lands did George Calvert(Lord Baltimore) claim & own in the New World? | Maryland where Catholics could practice their religion freely |
What lands did the Dutch claim in the New World? | Hudson River Valley naming it New Amsterdam and Manhattan Island |