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In the northern colonies, what were the three main industries?

shipbuilding, fishing, and trade with Engand, West Indies, and Africa

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Why did the western counties of each colony struggle to survive?

the frontier was harsh and filled with Native Americans who already farmed and hunted there.

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Name the three middle colonies whose farmers grew wheat.

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

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The Plimouth Pilgrims could not market a crop on rocky soil, but why were they so thankful?

In England, they were persecuted for the way they chose to worship, but in New England, they were free to worship the way they wished.

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In 1620, a group of Protestant Christians founded a small colony that they named...?

Plimouth Plantations

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What two products made rich the southern colonies of Carolinas and Georgia?

rice and indigo

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Which group of people could never "move up" in society and hope for a better life? Why?

African slaves, who worked without pay and had little chance of freedom, helped produce the wealth but did not share in it.

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Which type of people made up the Upper Class in the colonies?

wealthy merchants, planters, shippers, and lawyers

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By the 1700s, every colony made their own laws in an assembly chosen by ________ because

the voters - so their best interests would be represented by the political leaders.

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List five rights that colonial women were not given.

education, most fields of work, law suits, keep money earned, purchase or sell property

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Name the five distinct regions of the colonies in 1700s New England.

North, Middle, Chesapeake, Lower South, and Western

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Who had the most freedom and opportunites in colonial society?

white men

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Who were in the Lower Class?

poor workers in the ports and tenant farmers who didn't own their own land

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