5th Grade Social Studies, Chapter 6 Middle and Southern Colonies – Flashcards
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Name the 4 middle colonies
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New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware
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5 reasons middle colonies created
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Religious freedom and tolerance. Diversity. Political freedom. To make money. Expand trade.
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Proprietor
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person who owns and is charge of a colony's land
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Representative
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person chosen by group to speak or act for them
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Treaty
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official agreement between groups or nations
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*Free market economy
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citizens decide what will be produced, rather than the government
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*Free enterprise
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freedom of people or businesses to earn money by making their own economic decisions
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Apprentice
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someone who works for a more experienced person to learn a skill Young people worked with a master for 4-7 years. BOYS - shoemaking, printing and bookmaking. GIRLS - spin thread or weave cloth.
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Plantation
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large farm where crops are raised by workers who live on the land
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Legislature
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group of people with the power to make and change laws
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Debtor
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person who owes money
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How do proprietors make money
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sell or rent their land to farmers
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Proprietor of NY
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James the Duke of York
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Proprietors of NJ
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John Berkely & George Carteret
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Proprietors control colony by
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Choosing governor. Governor chooses a council. Colonists elect representatives to an assembly.
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Who formed Pennsylvania
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William Penn, all Christians lived together peacefully, specifically Quakers.
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Pennsylvania assemblies
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had the power to approve or reject law, form of self-government, colonist elect the assemblies.
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Philadelphia was formed where
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along two rivers in Pennsylvania, the rivers formed an excellent harbor for trade.
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Philadelphia
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center of trade and the largest city in the colonies
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Common jobs in the middle colonies
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Farmers Artisans Merchants Laboreres
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Important cities in middle colonies for trade and shipping
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Philadelphia New York
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Economy of middle colonies
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*free-market economy *free enterprise
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List the 5 Southern Colonies
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Virginia Maryland North Carolina South Carolina Georgia
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Virginia
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largest and wealthiest (gold) English colony with first elected government
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Jamestown, Virginia
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1607, first permanent English settlement. the colony grew rapidly and they created a government
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Southern colonies where founded why
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Virginia - to find gold Maryland - refuge for Catholics Carolinas - to help England control southeaster N. America Georgia - to help debtors and other poor people
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Life in Southern colonies
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Cash crops grew well in the south - agriculture was the focus of daily life. Southern plantations were large and required many workers. Slavery became popular in Southern colonies and were used as laborers on the plantations.
