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8SS_ColoniesTakeRoot
Colonies Take Root
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was corn, beans, pumpkins or squash? | One the main crops the Native Americans helped the colonists grow |
| What were the Slave Codes? | Rules that denied African Americans their basic rights |
| Legislature | Group of people who had the power to make up laws |
| Middle passage | Africans were captured and taken to America to be sold into slavery. This was the name of their trip across the ocean into America |
| Massachusetts | Set up the first schools |
| Ben Franklin | Proved that Lightning was a form of electricity and he helped establish the USA |
| Puritans | Group who wanted to reform the church but they didn't want to separate from the church |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | A plan of government that limited the governments power in their colony. Under this plan you did not have to be a male to vote |
| Slavery | The colony of Carolina split into 2 different colonies, North and South Carolina, because they couldn't settle this issue |
| James Oglethorpe | Established this colony so people wouldn't be jailed for their debts |
| Virginia Dare | First baby born in the New World |
| charter | a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company |
| John White | found that the settlers disappeared without a trace |
| Roanoke | land colonists landed on in 1565 |
| Religious Prosecution | mistreatment or punishment of certain people because of their beliefs |
| pilgrim | a person who takes a religious journey |
| Squanto | he brought seeds to the Pilgrims |
| Who believed all people were equal in the eyes of God? | Quakers |
| What was the great wagon road? | an old Iroquois trail |
| What was the Mason Dixon line? | a line separating the middle and southern colonies |
| What was the Act of Toleration? | it provided religious freedom for everyone except Jewish people |
| Who was Nathaniel Bacon? | he organized a fight against the Native Americans and also burned down Jamestown |
| What was the colony named Georgia? | James Oglethorpe established this colony so people would not be jailed for their debts |
| What was mercantilism? | the belief that the main purpose of the colonies was to benefit the home country |
| What was the Triangular Trade Route? | the name of the trade route between New England, West Africa & the West Indies |
| What is an import? | trade items that are brought into America |
| What was a trial by jury? | anyone accused of a crime was given this right before they were sent to jail |
| Who had an average 7-8 children? | Puritan |
| What type of soil did New England have? | rocky and poor |
| What was a town meeting? | an assembly of people that decided on local issues |
| What was punishable by death? | witchcraft |
| Who was brought from Africa to do all the work for free? | slaves |
| What did Roger Williams think? | the church and the State should be separate |
| What is a proprietary colony? | when the king gives land to one or more of his people, and they in turn could rent out the land |
| What did New Amsterdam become known as? | New York |
| Who founded the colony called Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| Where did Roger Williams escape from? | Narragansett Bay |
| What land did Roger Williams buy from the Indians? | Rhode Island |
| Who did King Charles give New Amsterdam to? | the Duke of York |
| What is toleration? | the belief that everybody had the right to practice their own religion in the colonies |
| Who was Anne Hutchinson? | she had bible readings in her home in Rhode Island and she criticized the religious beliefs of the Puritans. |
| What was set up under the leadership of Winthrop and other Puritans to grant their own assembly to govern themselves? | the General Court |
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