Exploration and Colonization
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- Q11st written constitution in the coloniesFundamental Orders of Connecticut30s
- Q2See imageremember:30s
- Q3See imageFundamental (F stands for First)30s
- Q4See imageOrders ( are Rules or Laws)30s
- Q5See imageConnecticut (C stands for Constitution)30s
- Q6See imageWritten by Thomas Hooker, who founded Connecticut30s
- Q71st elected representative government in the coloniesVirginia House of Burgesses was....30s
- Q8Pilgrims settling Plymouth colony had not way to govern themselves, so they wrote a social contract agreeing to govern themselves. This was the first document of self-government in America. It was written on the Mayflower in 1620.What was the Mayflower Compact?30s
- Q91607Jamestown was founded in ?30s
- Q10Richer soil, warm winters, hot summers, navigable rivers (good for transportation)What were the geographic characteristics of the southern colonies?30s
- Q11Rich soil, broad, deep rivers, mild climate, fertile soil, Atlantic Ocean with deep harbors (New York Harbor)What were the geographic characteristics of the middle colonies?30s
- Q12Poor, rocky soil; good harbors, cold winters, Atlantic Ocean with deep harbors.What were the geographic characteristics of the New England Colonies?30s
- Q13trade, farming (grains such as oats, wheat, rye, barley), shipbuilding, mining iron, fursWhat economic activities were found in the Middle Colonies?30s
- Q14Fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, timber, subsistence farming (small farms), trade, fursWhat economic activities were found in the New England colonies?30s
- Q15Cash crops such as tobacco, indigo (blue dye), rice and cotton with the use of slave laborWhat economic activities were found in the Southern Colonies?30s