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colonial era
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from the founding of Jamestown in 1607 to the outbreak of the War for Independence in 1775
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English colonists
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the greatest number of settlers in the American colonies were Engish
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Scots-Irish colonists
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the people of Scottish descent who had settled in Northern Ireland during the 17th century; the second largest group of people who came to the New World along with the German immigrants
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German colonists
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these colonists settled in large numbers in Pennsylvania; the second largest group of people who came to the New World along with the
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other immigrants which the American colonies attracted
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French, Irish, Dutch, Welsh, Swiss, and Swedes
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195 of the people living in America
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blacks of African descent
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the largest city in the colonies
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Philadelphia
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the second most populous cities in America during the colonial era, each with about 20,000 people
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Boston and New York
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the third most populous city in the colonies
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Charles Town
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True or False: the American colonies offered less religious freedom than anywhere else in the world
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false
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the official church in the southern colonies
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Anglican church
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Huguenots
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French Protestants
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the renowned Boston silversmith and patrioit who was decended from the Huguenots
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Paul Revere
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the colonies with the greatest religious diversity
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middle colonies
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German immigrants who followed the teachings of reformer John Huss
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Amish and Moravians
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Count von Zinzendorf
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the great Morvian leader who came to the colonies briefly and led the Moravians in founding the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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the city founded by Count von Zinzendorf and the Moravians
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Congregational church
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each local congregation had an important voice in its own church government
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what played an important part in shaping the American character
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the Bible
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90% of the colonies depended on what for their livelihood
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farming
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linen and wool spun into yarn and woven into a rough cloth
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homespun
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"bread colonies"
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what the middle colonies were known as because of the grain that they produced
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tobacco
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an important crop in Maryland, Virgina, and North Carolina
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indigo
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an important crop in South Carolina and Georgia
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the tidewater region was ideal for growing which crop?
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rice
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True or False: the colonies each had great potential for manufacturing and trade
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true
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the three industries that were particularly suited for the New England colonies
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shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling
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lumber industry
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New England developed a thriving lumber business
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Anthony Ulrich
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a black Christian servant to Count Lauring of Copenhagen
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Leonard Dober and David Nitschmann
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misionaries to the West Indies
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True or False: the Moravians who went to the West Indies were among the first foreign missionaries of modern times
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true
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Antigua
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during the 1700s, this island became the strongest center of Christianity among the blacks of the West Indies
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an improtant source of income along the entire colonial frontier
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fur trading
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bartered
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tradeded
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thriving industries in the northern and middle colonies
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textile industry, blacksmiths, leather works, millers
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America's cheif overseas customer
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England
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triangular trade route
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the route which American ships usually took, stoping at two distant ports before returning to New England
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mercantilism
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the idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of the mother country
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True or False: land in America was expensive and scarce
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false
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the typical home in early New England
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a wood cottage
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Georgian architecture
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the type of architecture which became popular through the colonies after 1720
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True or False: the fireplace played a central role in family life
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true
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furnishings
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were simple and practical
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post roads
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roads over which the mail was carried
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how to travel between Philadelphia and Boston
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by stagecoach
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some things the colonists did to combine work and pleasure
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quilting bees, corn huskings, and barn raisings
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True or False: in the colonies, a man was judged on the basis of his ability to build a successful life in the wilderness
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true
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True or False: in the South slavery was virtually unknown
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false
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frontier
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the sparsely populated areas on the fringe of settelment
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Appalachian Mountains
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served a natural barrier to western expantion during the colonial era
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Daniel Boone
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one of the first to lead pioneers over the Appalachian Mountains through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky
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Boonesborough
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the fort named after Daniel Boone
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Wilderness Road
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the trail blazed by Daniel Boone and his men which served as a path for families found for the West
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Which colonies set the pace for education?
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the New England colonies
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dame school
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a school conducted by a widow or single lady who agreed to teach children in her home; used in the New England colonies
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hornbook
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a paddle-shaped board to which was attached a printed sheet containging the alphabet and usually the Lord's Prayer or a Scripture verse; the paper was protected against wear by a thin, transparent sheet of animal horn
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New England Primer
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the most widely used textbook in colonial America
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Latin grammar schools
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schools where instruction was from Latin and Greeks books; established in the middle colonies
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private academies
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replaced Latin grammar schools in the middle colonies
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Philadelphia Academy
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now known as the University of Pennsylvania; founded by Benjamin Franklin
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"old-field schools"
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when several families cooperated to provide a crude school building in an old tobacco field, where the soil was too depleted to grow crops and then hired a teacher to teach their children; used in the southern colonies
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apprentices
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boys placed under the authority and care of a master craftsman in order to learn a trade
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True or False: by the time of America's War for Independence, Americans were prabably the least literate people in the world
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false
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the nine centers of higher learning in Colonial America
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Havard, College of William and Mary, Yale, Princeton University, Brown University, Rutgers, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, and Philadelphia Academy
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Havard
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the first college in America, founded by Puritans
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Philadelphia Academy
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the only college not sponsered by any one denomination; founded by Benjamin Franklin
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the Boston News-Letter
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the first regularly published weekly news paper in the colonies
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How did Benjamin Franklin help to spread general knowledge in colonial America?
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he founded public libraries and shared bits of wisdom with the common people through his yearly publication of Poor Richard's Almanac
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