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AR Ch2 Test
Settling the Thirteen Colonies
Question | Answer |
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Most of its colonies were originally charter colonies | New England Colonies |
One of its colonies was founded for Roman Catholics | Southern Colonies |
These colonies had original settlements by the Dutch and Swedes. | Middle Colonies |
The Pilgrims were different from the P_______. | Puritans |
The Pilgrims(Separatists) wanted to ____________ from the church of England. | separate |
The Puritans wanted to ___________ the Church of England. | purify |
_________-_________ companies provided a means for raising money to support a new colony. | Joint-stock |
Did the English prohibit (not allow) the Roman Catholics from coming to the American colonies? | false |
Which type of colony was directly ruled by the king? | royal colonies |
Which type of colony was ruled by a proprietor? | proprietary |
Did the settling of Connecticut come out of a controversy with Massachusetts? | NO |
What colony was settled for CATHOLICS but allowed PROTESTANTS to settle there? | Maryland |
The possibility of owning _____________ in America encouraged many English settlers to go there. | land |
Who founded Delaware? | the Swedes |
Did the Puritans demand a strict separation of church and state matters? | no |
What is another name for the Society of Friends? | Quakers |
What was the name of the Dutch colony later called New York? | New Netherlands |
What cash crops were valuable to the Carolina colonies? | rice indigo tobacco |
In what year did the Pilgrims come to the New World? | 1620 |
What motive for colonization gave the heritage of the U.S. a great distinction/ | religious freedom |
"Friend" who accept a colony as payment for a debt | William Penn |
What kind of colony was directly supervised by the king? | royal colony |
To what religious group did the Pilgrims belong? | Separatists |
Which document is regarded as the first written constitution drawn up in America? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
What was the name for those who received larger grants of land in the Dutch Colony? | patroons |
Which colony was heavily populated during the "Great Migration"? | Massachusetts |
Who was determined to build a colony that practiced separation of church and state? | Roger Williams |
What colony passed an Act of Toleration guaranteeing religious freedom? | Maryland |
What was the first settlement of Georgia? | Savannah |
English general who wanted to help debtors | James Oglethorpe |
Governor who wanted his colony to be "a city set upon a hill" | John Winthrop |
Which colonial city became the leading center of government and culture among the southern colonies? | Williamsburg |
New Netherland later became New___________ | York |
What city was founded by Roger Williams? | Providence, Rhode Island |
Whom did Roger Williams pay for the land of Rhode Island? | Indians |
Which religious group did Roger Williams disagree with? | Puritans |
Which colony is being described: charter colony settled by Puritans required everyone to attend church | Massachusetts Bay colony |
Did Roger Williams believe that the church should control government? | NO |
Which of the English colonies was first settled by the Swedes? | Delaware |
Which colony were William Bradford, Squanto, and Miles Standish a part of? | Plymouth |
Which kind of colonies were formed by joint-stock companies? | charter colonies |
Which colony was governed by Peter Minuit? | New Netherland |
Which colony was settled by the patroons? | New Netherland |
Who received the land of the former Dutch colony of New Netherland from the King of England? | James, the Duke of York |
What famous colonial proprietor was a Quaker? | William Penn |
Which colony was settled by people from Massachusetts Bay who wanted more land? | Connecticut |
Which Lord Baltimore established a colony for Roman Catholics? | Cecilius Calvert |
Essay --- Explain several reasons why the English settlers came to America. | Religious freedom -- free from the government control Economic freedom --- land Political freedom --- from strict kings Adventure |