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Who is William Penn?
This man was given the to establish Pennsylvania as a proprietary colony.
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What is lumber (or fishing or shipbuilding)?
Identify a major economic resource of the New England colonies.
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What is Britain?
This European country controlled most of the eastern seaboard of North America.
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What is burgess?
This was the term for an elected representative within the Virginia colony.
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What is Georgia?
This is the southernmost British colony.
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Who is John Smith?
The departure of this leader from Jamestown immediately preceded the Starving Times.
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What is the southern colonies?
Tobacco, rice, indigo, and later cotton were major crops in this colonial region.
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What is Spain?
This European country had the southernmost colonies in the Americas.
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What is the divine right of kings?
This belief which was commonly held prior to the 1800s justified kingly authority.
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What is Massachusetts?
This is the northernmost British colony.
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Who is John White?
This Briton was in charge of the mysterious Roanoke Colony.
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What is the middle colonies?
Furs were important to this colonial region.
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What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
This line separates Maryland and Pennsylvania.
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Who is Ponce de Leon?
This conquistador searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.
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What is Maryland?
This is the northernmost Southern Colony.
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Who is James Oglethorpe?
This man ran the buffer state of Georgia.
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What is jeweler?
There were few farmers in early Jamestown. However, there was a large number of colonists who practiced this trade in early Jamestown.
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What is New Orleans?
This city is at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
This Virginia farmer led a rebellion because he felt that the Virginia government was not adequately protecting backwoods planters from Native American attacks.
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What is New Hampshire?
This colony is north and west of Massachusetts.
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Who is John Rolfe?
This person brought military order to Jamestown and introduced tobacco agriculture to Virginia.
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This "city of brotherly love" became to the largest city in the colonies and early United States history.
This "city of brotherly love" came to the largest city in the colonies and early United States history.
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Who is Father Junipero Serra
This person established a series of missions along California's Pacific Coast.?
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What is Powhatan?
The father of Pocahontas had this name.
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What is Delaware?
This colony was formed as an independent offshoot of Pennsylvania as a home for non-British European settlers.
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