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Ella history term xm
Ella fall 2012 history term exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charter | A document issued by a government that grants specific rights to a person or company |
| John Smith | Sent from London to lead the Jamestown colony. Implemented tough rules like "He who works not, eats not" |
| Representative Government | The form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them |
| Pilgrim | A person who takes a religious journey |
| Squanto | A native American who brought the Pilgrims sees of native plants, showed them how to plant them and showed them how to catch eels from nearby rivers |
| John Winthrop | Leader of a group of 900 Puritans from England who were granted a charter in establish settlements in what is now Massachusetts. |
| toleration | Recognition that other people have the right to different opinions. The Puritans did not believe in toleration |
| Roger Williams | Minister of a church in Salem who believed that Puritans should split from the Church of England. He believed that colonists should pay Native Americans for their lands |
| Anne Hutchinson | A Boston woman who was put on trial in 1638 for questioning some Puritan teachings. She was expelled from Massachusetts and established a settlement in what is now Rhode Island |
| Thomas Hooker | A Puritan minister who disagreed with Puritan leaders. He left Massachusetts with about 100 followers and founded the town of Hartford, in what is now Connecticut |
| John Wheelright | Was forced out of Massachusetts because he agreed with some of Anne Hutchinson's views. Founded the town of Exeter, New Hampshire. |
| town meeting | An assembly of townspeople (restricted to male heads of households) that decides local issues like local taxes and who would run the town. |
| Metacom | Chief of the Wampanoag tribe. Led tribes from Maine to Rhode Island in an uprising intended to stop Puritan expansion. |
| What actions did John Smith take to help Jamestown? | Implemented tough rules like "he who works not, eats not". Under his leadership the colonists cut down timber, put up new buildings and planted crops. Smith also raided nearby native villages |
| Who were the pilgrims? | Groups of religious separatists from eastern England who left their homes because of religious persecution. They first settled in the Netherlands, but were not allowed to worship as they pleased there. In 1620 one group left to settle in Virginia |
| Proprietary colony | A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family. |
| Royal colony | A colony controlled directly by the English King |
| William Penn | A wealthy Quaker leader who knew King Charles II and received a charter. In 1681 he received an area that was mainly in what is now Pennsylvania |
| Backcountry | A frontier region extending through several colonies, from Pennsylvania to Georgia. |
| Nathanial Bacon | Organized a force of 1,000 western frontier settlers and began attacking and killing Native Americans. The revolt was unsuccessful, but did pave the way for further expansion into Native American lands |
| Lord Baltimore | Inherited leadership of the colony of Maryland. Got the Maryland assembly to pass the 1649 Act of Toleration, which granted adult male Christians the right to vote. |
| James Oglethorpe | Leader of a group of wealthy Englishman who helped establish the colony of Georgia. |
| debtor | People who owe money |
| plantation | A large farm, especially in a hot area where crops like cotton, sugar, rice and tobacco are grown. |
| How did the geography of the Southern Colonies affect the kind of crops that were grown there? | The coastal "tidewater" region had an economy dominated by plantations that grew crops that were in demand in England. The backcountry had an economy dominated by small, isolated farms. |
| Why did Lord Baltimore want Maryland's Act of Toleration | Lord Baltimore was a Catholic and feared that Catholics would lose their rights. |
| Why did the struggle for rich farmland affect the colonists in Virginia? | Wealthy tobacco farmers bought most of the good farmland near the coast, leaving no land for poorer colonists. The poorer colonists were forced to work the land for wealthier farmers or expand inland, creating conflict with Native Americans |
| How would you compare the motives of Lord Baltimore in founding the colony of Maryland with those of James Oglethorpe in founding Virginia? | Baltimore led a colony that was established so that Catholics could live free of persecution. Oglethorpe wanted a colony where English debtors would be protected, and the King wanted to prevent Spanish in Florida from expanding their influence |
| borderland | Spanish territories north of Mexico |
| Junipero Serra | A missionary crucial to Spanish efforts to colonize California. Established missions in what would become San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles. |
| Presidio | Military posts established to protect missions in California |
| Pueblo | Civilian towns - centers for farming and trade |
| Where is Saint Augustine located? | Northern Florida. St. Augustine was a fort that became the first permanent settlement in what is now the United States |
| Why were the borderlands important to Spain? | They protected Mexico from other European powers |
| Legislature | A group of people who have the power to make laws. England's Parliament was (and still is) a legislature |
| Bill of rights | A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect. |
| Habeas Corpus | The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime |
| Freedom of the press | The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty |
| Libel | The publishing of statements that damage a person's reputation. |
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