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New England
• Question:• New England experienced long tough (HARSH)
winters and provided poor land for producing agriculture, so what did they depend upon for economic success?
• Answer• Lumber, fishing, and shipbuilding industries
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13 Colonies
• Question:• Each colony needed government, explain why• Answer• HINT: [Why did Hammurabi create the first
code of laws?]• To maintain order
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Flash Back… Ancient World
• Question:• The colonists created a government that had an
assemble of elected representatives that were colonists, which ancient civilization did they have this in common with?
• Answer• I know you may thing Greece (that’s direct
democracy…) It’s Rome (Representative Democracy! “REMEMBER”Back
13 Colonies
• Question:• What were the colonists looking for by
establishing colonies in the New World?• Answer• Money, Religious FREEDOM, better life, hope
of opportunity.
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• Question:• Why did the colonists turn to slave labor?• Answer• Indentured Servants that were white blended
into the colonial population• Natives died from European diseases• Africans were used to farming and their dark
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13 Colonies
• Question:• List three cash crops developed to support the
economic systems of the first 13 colonies?• Answer• Sugar• Tobacco• Cotton
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Southern Colonies
• Question:• The Southern colonies were know for:• Answer• Farming/ Planation's and producing cash crops• Led to a dependency on free labor (SLAVE
TRADE)
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Middle Colonies
• Question:• The middle Colonies :• Answer• Economic system that produced Lumber…
shipbuilding• Diverse (Dutch, Irish, French, German, ….)• Offered religious freedoms
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New England Colonies
• Question:• The New England Colonies were:• Answer• Made farming difficult (rocky and harsh
winters).• Deepened on lumbering, shipbuilding, and
trade to sustain their economic existence.
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Middle Colonies
• Question:• Which colony gave Quakers a safe place to
worship?• Answer• Pennsylvania
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• Question:• Which New England colony provided religious
freedom? (Massachusetts, Rhode Island or Connecticut)
• Answer• Rhode Island….remember Rhode Island
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New England Colonies
• Question:• Roger Williams of Rhode Island stated:
“Forced worship,” he declared, “stinks in Gods nostrils.” What can you infer based on this statement?
• Answer• Rhode Island offered religious freedom unlike
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• Question:• Describe the meaning and purpose of the
Mayflower Compact? • Answer• An agreement written by the passengers of
the Mayflower ship to agree to work together• Establish that they wanted to govern
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Flash Back Greece/ Rome
• Question:• Name three things Representative Democracy
and Direct Democracy have in common? • Answer• Citizens Vote• Juries (to decide court cases)• Government created for the people ran by the
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• Question:• What are CASH CROPS?• Answer• Crops sold in large quantities in order to make
a profit
• Sugar, Cotton, and Tobacco
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• Question:• Democracy... “Representative”• Answer• Citizens elect representatives to make or carry
out laws
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New England Colonies
• Question:• Who were the Puritans? What did they want
to purify?• Answer• People who wanted to “purify” the English
church-• Goal to simplify the church’s ranks of authority
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Flash Back
• Question:• Who first created JURIES? What are juries
used for?• Answer• Greeks• (To decide the guilt or innocence if an
individual if a law has been broken)
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• Question:• Parliament is…• Answer• Lawmaking body….OF ENGLAND-• Composed of elected representatives
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• Question:• What is a petition? How could a petition be
used in government?• Answer• Make a formal demand or request usually in
writing – (a collection of citizens signatures)• It can be used to advocate for change
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• Question:• What is the slave trade? Why was it used?• Answer• The business of capturing and transporting
(selling) people as slaves
• For the production of cash crops and free labor
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• Question:• What is an indentured servant?• Answer• A person that would settle a debt by working
several years for a master who bought his/her services
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• Question:• Describe an economy…why is the success of a
colony dependent upon the success of their economy?
• Answer• The way a society organizes the manufacture and
exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services
• (Ask your partner to explain, why this would lead to the success of a colony?)Back
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• Question:• What are Rights? What are the three most
important rights in your opinion every human being should have?
• Answer• Powers or privileges that belong to people as
citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government
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Flash Back
• Question:• What is a social CLASS? Remember, Ancient
Egypt “social pyramid”• Answer• A part of society defined by such qualities as
wealth occupation, and inherited titles of honors. A society may have an upper class, a middle class and a lower class.
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