Question: Which country colonized most of the land between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains

Answer: England

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Question: How many original British Colonies were in North America

Answer: 13

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Question: Many colonies were established near rivers. Which was the main reason they chose this location

Answer: It allowed the settlers to easily get food by fishing in the river.

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Question: Jamestown, founded in 1607, Plymouth colony, founded in 1620, New Amsterdam, founded in 1625 These early colonial settlements were similarly in that each was located

Answer: near the coastline

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Question: During the colonial period, goods were most commonly transported on

Answer: Rivers

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Question: The first permanent English settlement was called

Answer: Jamestown

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Question: List the colonies in each region; New England Colonies; Middle Colonies; Southern Colonies

Answer: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire; New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware; Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.

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Question: Which city did John Winthrop say the following quote about: “For we must consider that we shall be like a city upon a hill; the eyes of all people are on us.”

Answer: Boston, Massachusetts

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Question: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut could be considered the first ________________ to be written in the New World

Answer: Constitution

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Question: Which group of colonies had the shortest growing season of all the colonial regions

Answer: New England

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Question: The Middle Colonies are called by what other nickname

Answer: Breadbasket Colonies.

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Question: Which colonial region had the most diversity in their population and colonists’ jobs

Answer: Middle Colonies.

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Question: How many colonies were in the Middle Colonies

Answer: 4

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Question: What were the largest port cities in the Middle Colonies

Answer: New York City and Philadelphia

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Question: Which of the following colonies was most impacted by the Quakers

Answer: Pennsylvania

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Question: Why was the colony of Georgia created

Answer: As a place for poor people and debtors.

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Question: True or False: Slaves and indentured servants, although present in the North, were much more important to the South

Answer: True.

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Question: Name three cash crops in the Southern Colonies

Answer: Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo

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Question: What direct impact did the plantation system in the Southern Colonies have

Answer: The South depended on more slaves.

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Question: Which of the following most contributed to the rise of the African American population in the South

Answer: The Atlantic Slave Trade.

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Question: Which group held the most power in Colonial America?

Answer: Male land owners

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Question: Which colony mysteriously was abandoned and remains a mystery today?

Answer: Roanoke

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