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Summarize the distinct characteristics of each colonial region in the settlement
and development of British North America, including religious, social, political, and economic
differences.

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1. What impact did geography have on the development of the American colonies?

The correct answer to this question is B) It led to a variety of economic differences between northern, middle, and southern colonies because with the differing landscapes of each colony, all colonies wouldn't revolve around one activity. A isn't correct because the colonies weren't created for political cause, C isn't correct because each colony had vast differences in their geographical features, and D isn't correct because the colonies were able to reach each other easily because there was no vast mountain range to separate one colony/state from another.

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6. John is fleeing religious persecution with his family and wants to create a new society that will be a religious and moral example to others. In what colonial area is he most likely to settle?

The correct answer to this question is A) the New England colonies because only the New England colonies were interested in strong religious beliefs or moral examples. B isn't correct because the Mid-Atlantic colonies wasn't a safe place for people escaping religious persecution nor was it a place to set a moral example, C isn't correct because the western territories didn't exist back then, and D isn't correct because the southern colonies didn't settle for religious reasons, but for rather economic gain reasons.

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The three colonial regions

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Quaker

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

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1. Puritan - A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.
2. Quakers - English dissenters who broke from Church of England, preach a doctrine of pacifism, inner divinity, and social equity, under William Penn they founded Pennsylvania.

3. Roger Williams - A dissenter who clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state and was banished in 1636, after which he founded the colony of Rhode Island to the south.
4. Parliament - the lawmaking body of British government; Separation of Powers; Limited King's Power.
5. Mayflower Compact - 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.