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  • House of Burgesses
    Virginia Representative government with checks and balances (veto
  • Acts before American Revolution
    Violated colonists civil liberties because they had no representation
  • Cash crop in Virginia
    Tobacco
  • Great Compromise
    Settled debates between Virginia (large state) and New Jersey (small state) by creating a bicameral (2 house) Congress
  • Catholics
    Founded Maryland as a safe haven to practice their religion
  • Three-Fifths Compromise
    Settled debates over counting enslaved people for representation
  • Mid-Atlantic Colonies
    Farming and fertile soil, exported agricultural goods
  • Reasons for Georgia
    Barrier to Spain, fresh start for debtors
  • Cause of different economy
    Different geography
  • No Taxation without representation
    Parliament imposed taxes on the colonists even though they didn't have representation
  • New England Colonies
    Harbors and shipbuilding, exported fish
  • Plantation System
    Slavery spread because of demand for cheap labor, cash crops
  • Reasons for Exploration
    Wealth, Spread Christianity, Territory
  • Mayflower Compact
    Social Contract signed by Pilgrims to make a representative government
  • Proclamation of 1763
    Limited colonial westward expansion to east of Appalachian Mountains
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