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- 5. "[BLANK] was named for Queen Elizabeth I of England, who was known as the Virgin Queen. Historians think the English adventurer Sir Walter Raleigh suggested the name about 1584. That year, Elizabeth gave Raleigh permission to colonize the [BLANK] region."
- 6. became a state on December 7th, 1787.[BLANK]encompasses 2,489 square miles.It is the smallest state but also one of the most densely populated states in the U.S.
- 9. The[BLANK]Colony was founded in 1632 after its charter was approved by King Charles 1st.
- 10. The land in the 'New' World was granted to Captain John Mason, who named the new settlement after his homeland in 'Hampshire' County, England.
- 11. [BLANK]means 'at the great hill', or 'large hill place'.
- 12. was founded by Puritans and there was no tolerance for other religions.
- 13. It was the birthplace of wine!
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- 1. Like the NC but southern.
- 2. the New York Colony had enough agricultural land, coal, forestry, furs, and iron ore. The colony likewise produced major crops, particularly wheat, making it the breadbasket colony.
- 3. it doesn't snow until January and that's only 2 inches.
- 4. The Province of [BLANK], also known as the [BLANK] Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn after receiving a land grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania refers to William's father, Admiral Sir William Penn.
- 7. was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776. The colony had originally been settled by the Dutch as part of New Netherland, but came under British rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, becoming a proprietary colony.
- 8. The colony was first named "Roodt Eylandt" by Dutch trader Adriaen Block (1567–1627), who had explored that area for the Netherlands. The name means "red island" and it refers to the red clay that Block reported there.