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Ch8 English Colonies
Question | Answer |
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In 1629 this King granted a charter for the Puritans to settle in Massachusetts | King Charles I |
The Puritans landed here in 1630 and were granted a charter to practice their religion freely | Massachusetts |
A lawyer and the leader of the Puritans | John Winthrop |
The Puritans founded this colony along the Charles River (current capital of MA) | Boston |
Each male colonist (free men) signed this special agreement or promise to live by the rules of the Puritan Church | covenant |
The meeting house or __________ was found in the center of most New England villages | church |
Education was important to the Puritans. They believe everyone should be able to read this book _______ | Bible |
This minister believed that other religions should be allowed at Masschusetts Bay Colony | Roger Williams |
To ________ means to allow people to have different religious beliefs | tolerate |
Agreed with Williams that people should pray to God rather than depend upon the church's teachings | Anne Hutchinson |
Roger Williams founded this colony after leaving Massachusetts colony in 1636 | Rhode Island |
Anne Hutchinson founded this colony in Rhode Island after leaving Massachusetts | Portsmouth |
This leader left Massachusetts because he believed each church should be independent and choose its own leaders (founded Connecticut) | Thomas Hooker |
Maine Vermont and New Hampshire were settled after the war with this tribe in Connecticut. | Pequot |
This Wampanoag leader destroyed 16 towns during the King James War in New England, but was killed in 1676 | Metacomet |
The Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland it was is now New York City. They called it _____ _________ | New Amsterdam |
New Netherland and New Amsterdam became this state and city after the English took over from the Dutch. | New York |
In 1681 King Charles II granted land in the Middle Colonies to a Quaker named ____________ | William Penn |
The colony William Penn founded the colony of __________ | Pennsylvania |
The middle colonies became the main food growing region. They were called ____________ | bread basket of the colonies |
The Pennsylania Dutch built the first _________ wagons | Conestoga |
King Charles I gave Lord Baltimore a charter to set up a colony for Catholics called _____ | Maryland |
Maryland was controlled by ________ who owned all the land of the colony. | proprietors |
This colony was south of Maryland | Virginia |
In 1663 King Charles II gave 8 proprietors a charter to found ________ | Carolinas |
In 1732 ________ was founded. It was the last of the Southern Colonies to be founded. | Georgia |
The _______ Confederacy was able to protect Georgia and other southern colonies. | Creek |
The chief of the Yamacraw tribe who met with the English colonists | Tomochichi |
English army general who was granted a charter to start the colony of Georgia | James Oglethorpe |
Someone who owes money | debtor |
Georgia was named after this king | King George II |
Georgia was founded to seperate the English colonies from the ________ colonies and a place where England's debtors could settle | Spanish |
This was a valuable crop for the English southern colonies. It added color to their clothes. | indigo |
The first settlement in Georgia. It is the capital today. | Savannah |
This practice of owning someone became common in Georgia between 1750-1760 | slavery |