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New England Colonies
History Early Settlements & New England Colonies Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is monarch of England who financed the "Lost Colony"? | Queen Elizabeth I |
| Who sent the first English colonist to the New World in 1587? | Sr Walter Raleigh |
| What is the first permanent colony in America? | Jamestown |
| Who was an undisputed leader of the first permanent English colony in America? | James Smith |
| What was the Virginia winter of 1609-10 referred to as? | The Starving Time |
| What was the first group that arrived in Virginia in 1619? | Pilgrims (?) |
| What was Virginia's most profitable export by 1620? | tobacco |
| What Virginia's representative government? | House of Burgesses |
| When the pilgrims and the puritans were mistreated, what was this called? | Persecution |
| What was the one reason many people came to America in the 17th century? | They wanted to gain religious freedom |
| Protestants who wanted to reforms the Anglican Church were called... | Puritans |
| This document was written by the Plymouth colonies as a contract for law and order | Mayflower Compact |
| The Pilgrims survived in Plymouth because the help of | Squanto and Samoset |
| Where did the Puritans build their "City upon a hill?" | Massachusetts Bay |
| To which colony did people travel during the "Great Migration?" | Massachusetts Bay |
| The first written constitution in America was... | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Where was the first place in America where religious tolerance was practiced? | Rhode Island |
| What are the New England Colonies? | Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire |
| Who were the Pilgrims? | They were separatists who believed the Church of England was corrupt |
| Where did the Mayflower land? (how many passengers did it carry) | It landed off Plymouth, MA (100 passengers including 35 pilgrims) |
| What did people come to America seeking? | Self-government and religious freedom |
| Who led about 900 people to Massachusetts Bay (Boston) | John Winthrop |
| Who found Massachusetts? | John Winthrop |
| Why did Connecticut form? | Thomas Hooker (a Puritan minister) didn't like the way the Puritans governed the colony of Massachusetts |
| Where did Hooker lead his congregation to? | West to the Connecticut River (Hartford) |
| What was the first written constitution in America? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Who found Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| How did Rhode Island form? | Roger Williams (another puritan minister) disagreed with the Puritans persecution of non Puritans |
| What happened to Roger Williams when he disagreed with the Puritans? | He was banished from Massachusetts |
| Where did Roger Williams go and what happened when he was banished from Massachusetts? | He went north where Indians provided them with food and shelter for the winter |
| How could people in Rhode Island worship? | Freely |
| Who was the founder of Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
| Who founded(s) New Hampshire? | Sir Fernando Gorges and John Mason |
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