Social Studies Chapter 3 Section 1

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1	In ____, the settlement of Jamestown became the first permanent English settlement in America.	1607
2	What was the first settlement in America?	Jamestown
3	Jamestown faced many problems such _____ _____ _____ and _____	low, swampy land poor drinking water lack of strong government and diseases
4	Who made the colonists of Jamestown work harder and build stronger homes??	John Smith
5	What three things helped Jamestown become a prosperous colony?	Bringing women to the colony Developing a representative government and the production of...
6	Large farms were called ______	plantations
7	The ___________ allowed colonists who paid their way to Virginia to recieve land.	headright system
8	True or false: High death rates often caused shortages of labor	True
9	True of ralse: Indentured servants were brought in to be slaves	false
10	The first africans arrived in Jamestown in ____	1619
11	Were there more indentured servents or slaves in Jamestown?	Indentured servants
12	What two things led to an increase in slave labor?	Increased work and falling costs of slaves
13	Maryland was founded in _____ as a ______	1634; refuge for english catholics
14	Who passed the Toleration Act of 1649?	Maryland
15	The toleration act of 1649 made it a crime to _______	restrict the religious rights of christians.
16	What was the first colony to support religious tolerance?	Maryland
17	The Carolinas were established when _____	KIng Charles II gave land to eight of his supporters.
18	In what year were the Carolinas divided?	1712
19	Georgia was established by ______	James Oglethorpe
20	What colony did James Oglethorpe found?	Georgia
21	Georgia was a place where ____	debtors could make a new start
22	Why was Georgia set up?	to sheild the other colonies from Spanish Florida
23	The economy of the SOUTHERN colonies was based on ____ because of the _____	agriculture; warm climate
24	Cash crops included____, ____, and _____	tobacco, rice and indigo
25	Colonies with the largest number of ______ had the strictest _____	slaves; laws