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What is the definition of economy
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The way a society organizes the manufacture and exchange of things of value, such as money, food, products, and services
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What was the colonists economy based on?
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Farming, commerce(buying and selling goods), and handcrafts
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How was life on the farm in colonial life?
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Everyone wakes up before sunrise to share the work.Chores included cutting wood, feeding animals, clearing land, etc.
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Where did most of the colonists live?
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In 1750, 1 out of 20 lived in a city. The rest lived on farms
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What is the Magn Carta?
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A charte signed by King John in 1215, which established the idea that the power of the ruler was limited. The king was not above the law
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What is Parliament?
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The lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives throughout England
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What is the English Bill of Rights
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The act that said the power to make laws and impose taxes belonged to the peoples elected representatives in Parliament and no one else
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What is social class?
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A part of society defined by such qualities as wealth, occupation, and inherited titles or honors
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What was the middle passage?
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Africans, who were traded for cloth, guns and rum, were packed into ships and transported to America. This ocean crossing was called the middle passage.
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What was the First Great Awakening
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A revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730's
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How did the religious revival called the First Great Awakening help pave the way for the american Revolution?
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By encouraging ideas of liberty, equality and resistance to authority, the First Great Awakening helped pave the way for the American Revolution?
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In what ways were the the English Bill of Rights and Magna Carta important to the development of democracy in America?
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English colonists saw these acts/bills as not only a victory for Parliament but for their colonial assemblies as well.
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What made the colonists decide to provide education to at least some of their children
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The Puritans support for education was inspired by wanting their childeren to be able to read Gods word in the bible
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What made the colonists decide to provide education to at least some of their children
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In Southern colonies .. a few neighbors would get together to hire a teacher for their children
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What made the colonists decide to provide education to at least some of their children
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Some religious groups built church schools. Only in New England were towns required to provide public schools
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