13 Colonies Era (Review) | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 42 Public

Review of key factual information on the colonial era.

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What economic system characterized the southern colonies and was dependent on slave labor?

Plantations

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Who was the founder of Jamestown?

John Smith

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What is the significance of the year 1620?

the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth and wrote the Mayflower Compact

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Who was the founder of Rhode Island? What was the reason the colony was founded?

Roger Williams; for religious freedom; he believed in the separation of church and state

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What was the first example of a representative government in America?

Virginia House of Burgesses

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Which region of colonies is characterized by long winters, thin rocky soil. and an economy based on fishing and shipbuilding?

New England colonies

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What was the first written constitution in America?

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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What colonial region grew cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo?

Southern Colonies

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In which colony was the settlement of Jamestown located in?

Virginia

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Which English document created in 1215 limited the power of the king of England?

Magna Carta

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What is a representative government?

A type of government in which people choose representatives to make laws and decisions on their behalf

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Which cash crop saved the settlement of Jamestown?

Tobacco

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Which colonial region was characterized by religious tolerance and a diverse population?

Middle Colonies

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Who was James Oglethorpe?

The founder of Georgia

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Which colony was settled by the Puritans and Separatists?

Massachusetts

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What colony served as a buffer zone between Spanish Florida and the rest of the colonies?

Georgia

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