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13 Colonies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the first governor of Massachusetts? | John Winthrop |
| Why was Mass. founded? | Religious freedom for puritans |
| What is the difference between Puritans and Separatists? | Puritans wanted to purify the Anglican Church, Separatists left the Anglican Church |
| What is subsistence farming? | Only growing enough for the farmer's family |
| Who founded Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
| Which New England colony practiced religious tolerance? | Rhode Island |
| Who was Anne Hutchinson? | She was banished from Massachusetts for having different ideas from the Puritans |
| Who founded Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| What was the first constitution written in America? | The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Which colony was the only New England colony that was not founded for religious purposes? | New Hampshire |
| What were naval stores? | Products for building and maintaining ships |
| What does mercantilism say was better: to import or to export? | Export |
| What did the triangular trade route take to America? | Slaves |
| Who was Metacomet (King Philip)? | A Native American leader who went to war against the English |
| What were meeting houses? | Where Sunday services were held and decisions were voted on |
| How were the middle colonies different from the New England colonies? | They were more diverse and had a longer growing season |
| What were cash crops? | Crops grown to be sold |
| What was the Conestoga wagon used for? | Getting things from landlocked places with no rivers to seaports to be traded |
| What were patroons? | Landowners who were granted land |
| What were tenant farmers? | Farmers who used a patroon's land |
| What was an apprentice? | A person who learned a craft without pay |
| What was a disadvantage of living on a frontier | Less people and worse land |
| What country owned New York originally? | The Netherlands |
| What was the difference between a royal and proprietary colony | A royal colony was under control of the English king. A proprietary colony was given to someone else by the king. |
| Who took over New Netherland? | James the Duke of York |
| What governor of New Netherland took over New Sweden? | Peter Stuyvesant |
| Why was New Jersey founded? | New York was too large |
| Who founded Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| Why was Pennsylvania founded? | Religious freedom for Quakers, everyone was equal |
| What is a pacifist? | A person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable |
| What was the first English colony in America called? | Jamestown |
| Who claimed the land for England that would be used to start Jamestown? | John Cabot |
| Why was the peninsula that the settlers chose to start Jamestown a bad location? | It was full of diseases and was surrounded by Native Americans |
| What leader of Jamestown made the settlers work for food? | John Smith |
| What Native American saved Jamestown from starvation by making peace with settlers? | Pocahontas |
| What cash crop did John Rolfe discover that helped Jamestown earn money? | Tobacco |
| Who did Pocahontas marry? | John Rolfe |
| Did Jamestown have a government? | No |
| What was a joint-stock company? | A company with stocks that can be bought |
| What was the difference between an indentured servant and a slave? | Indentured servants were set free in America after a certain number of years, while slaves were property that could be owned and were not set free. |
| What were burgesses? | Representatives who were elected by adult males who were landowners |
| What did George Calvert (Lord Baltimore) want? | He wanted to start a colony for religious freedom for Roman Catholics |
| Who founded Maryland? | Cecil Calvert (George Calvert died before he could start the colony) |
| Why was Maryland founded? | Religious freedom for Catholics |
| Who was tolerated by the Toleration Act in Maryland? | Christians |
| Who founded Carolina? | Eight aristocrats |
| Who founded Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| Why did James Oglethrope want Georgia to be founded? | Home for debtors |
| Why did the king want Georgia to be founded? | Protection against Spain |
| What was not allowed in Georgia? | Slavery and alcohol |
| What were the three major cash crops in the southern colonies? | Tobacco, rice, and indigo |
| What is the difference between urban and rural? | Urban describes a city, rural is more spread out with farms |
| What part of the triangular trade route took slaves to the colonies? | The Middle Passage |
| What were slave codes? | Laws in the southern colonies that took rights away from slaves |
| How was tidewater important to the southern colonies? | It made the soil fertile for farming and it made trade easier |
| Why were there few seaports in the southern colonies? | The southern colonies were mostly rural |
| What was the movement that drove 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts called? | The Great Migration |
| What didn't Nathaniel Bacon like about Jamestown's government? | It refusing to protect against Native Americans |
| What were the laws that restricted the colonies from trading except to England? | Navigation acts |
| What did the separatists who left England call themselves | Pilgrims |
| Did the English have a good relationship with the Native Americans? | No |
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