Colonial Life

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Which colonial region was settled primarily for economic reasons? Options: Middle Colonies, New England Colonies, Southern Colonies, MidAtlantic Colonies

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Southern Colonies

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Which term below is the economic system where the "mother country" harvests raw materials from the colonies in order to support the needs of the empire?

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mercantilism

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The Enlightenment is

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a time with people used reason and logic to explain the world

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Natural Rights

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Life, Liberty, and Property

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According to Enlightenment thinker John Locke, why are governments created?

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People set up governments to protect their lives and property

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Under the idea of the "consent of the governed," what happens if government fails to protect the peoples' rights?

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The people would have a right to revolt.

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Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing

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New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)

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Colonial region focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco; slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.

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Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)

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Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat

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Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)

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Economic theory which said that a nation should export more than they import, and should create colonies for natural resources.

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Mercantilism