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13 Colonies 8th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which southern colony was settled first? | Jamestown |
| For what reason was Maryland founded? | Catholics |
| Who began the policy, "Don't work, don't eat." | John Smith |
| Which colony was founded for debtors? | Georgia |
| What two products did South Carolina depend on? | rice and indigo |
| In what year was Jamestown founded? | 1607 |
| Which colony had more Africans that white men? | South Carolina |
| What crop did Virginia rely on for profit? | tobacco |
| List all of the southern colonies? | virginia, georgia, maryland, south carolina, north carolina |
| Who was Maryland named after? | Queen Henrietta Maria |
| Who founded Georgia? | James Orgelthorpe |
| What piece of legislation in Maryland is a precursor to freedom of religion? | Act of Tolerance |
| Who led Bacon's Rebellion | Nathaniel Bacon |
| What was the first representative government in America | House of Burgesses |
| Which colony was home to poor tobacco farmers and produced supplies for building ships? | North Carolina |
| What man stepped up and saved Jamestown due to his leadership skills? | John Smith |
| What Native American helped to bring peace to Jamestown and the Powhatans? | Pocahontus |
| what river was Jamestown located on? | James River |
| When was the starving time in Jamestown? | winter of 1609-1610 |
| What colonies are considered Middle Colonies | Deleware, pennsylvania, new york, new jersey |
| who originally took new york from the native americans? | the Dutch |
| What was new york originally called? | New Netherland |
| What were owners of large tracts of land in new netherland | patroons |
| New netherland allowed people from all | religions |
| who swore to defend new amsterdam | Stuyvesant |
| Did the british fight when they overtook new netherland | no |
| King charles gave new netherland to | duke of york |
| Where did new york get its name? | Duke of york |
| Why did the duke of york split new jersey and new york? | too big |
| What two men had control of new jersey? | lord berkley and sir george cartaret |
| what colony does the king give land to one or more poeple? | proprietary |
| What attracted people to new jersey? | fertile land, resources, people of diversity |
| in 1702 new jersey became a - colony | royal |
| Who founded pennsylvania? | william penn |
| what did quakers believe? | all people were equal, against war |
| Why did penn want a charter? | wanted a refuge for quakers |
| penn allowed - freedom in his colony | religious |
| Settlers paid - - for land in Pennsylvania | Native americans |
| German speaking protestants were called | pennsylvania dutch |
| The capital of Pennsylvania was called | philadelphia |
| Philadelphia means | brotherly love |
| what broke away from pennsylvania to form a new colony | deleware |
| in 1701, penn allowed the lower counties of pennsylvania to elect their own | assembly |
| the majority of the people in the middle colonies made their living by | farming |
| crops sold for money at market are called | cash crops |
| the middle colonies were called the | bread basket |
| who live in the middle colonies | artisans |
| instead of towns, the middle colonies lived in | counties |
| Who introduced log cabins | swedish |
| who introduced red brick houses | dutch |
| what were the back country | where the german and scoth irish people lived |
| Where was the back country located | appalachian mountains |
| who were the first to settle in mass? | pilgrims |
| where did the pilgrims settle | plymouth village |
| what was the reason for settling mass? | Religious freedom |
| who led the migration to mass in the 1630's | puritans |
| what did the mass bay company want colony built on | bible |
| what other reason did people go to mass | economy |
| Who was the first governor of mass | john winthrope |
| who could vote in mass | male church members |
| what was the general court | people elected by male church members |
| how many people migrated to mass from england during the great migration | 15000 |
| who founded conn | thomas hooker |
| why did hooker leave mass | said government had too much power, they kicked him out |
| the government in mass and conn were similar except for the | fundamental orders of conn |
| Conn became a seperate colony in | 1662 |
| who settled rhode island | roger williams |
| why was roger williams kicked out of mass | he said the church and state should be seperate |
| what is a willingness to let others practice their own beliefs | religious tolerance |
| where did williams go when he was kicked out | narragansett bay |
| who did williams buy land from | native americans |
| The first synagogue was built in | rhode island 1760 |
| why was anne hutchinson put on trial? | questioned the teachings of the church |
| where did anne move | rhode island |
| What was the result of the King Phillips war | taxes, colonists and native americans died |
| The puritans believed people should worships and deal with matters as a | group |
| the english people lived in | towns |
| what was the center of each village | meeting hall |
| what was the day of rest | sabbath |
| Where did you go on the sabbath | church |
| what was discussed at town meetings | everything |
| in what year were people executed as being witches in mass? | 1692 |
| How did the new englanders make a living | agriculture, ship materials, trade with indians |
| Why did the puritans decline | ministers had less power, less people moved to america from england |
| North Carolina | poor farmers, ship supplies |
| South Carolina | wealthy, more slaves than white men, rice and indigo |
| Maryland | Cecil lord Baltimore, Queen Henrietta Maria, Proprietary, Act of Tolerance |
| Georgia | James Ogelthorpe,wanted a place for debtors, banned slavery, limited size of land, rice |
| Deleware | was in south Pennsylvania, did not want to send delegates to philadelphia, asked for own assembly |
| Pennsylvania | William Penn, friend of King, Quaker, wanted a place for quakers, has religious tolerance |
| New Jersey | Duke of York thought land was too big, Gave land to Lord Berkley and Sir George Cartaret |
| New York | owned by dutch, Peter Stuyvesant(dutch), english took land |
| New Hampshire | trading and fishing villages in Mass become seperate colony |
| Rhode Island | Roger Williams said church and state should be seperate, kicked out, went to narragansett, Anne Hutchinson |
| Connecticut | Thomas Hooker, Believed government had too much power. Fundamental orders of con. |
| Plymouth Village | Pilgrims, once lived in netherland |
| Massachusettes Bay Colony | Based on bible by puritans, John Winthrop, light on a hill, economy, male church members could vote, great migration |
| Virginia | Jamestown, Virginia Company of London (Joint stock company) House of burgesses, magna carta, Bacons rebellion |
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