Question | Answer |
Subsistence Farming | When farmers produce only enough to feed and maintain their families. |
Export | A product that originates in one place and is sold in another. |
Import | A trade product that is brought into a country. |
Triangular Trade | Regular trading route that formed a triangle between West Indies, colonial America, Europe, and West Africa. |
Metacomet | A leader of American Indians that started a war against the colonies. |
Meeting House | The church where meetings were held. |
John Carver | A business man who found and paid for the Mayflower and was the first governor of Plymouth. |
William Bradford | The second governor of Plymouth. |
John Winthrop | The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company. |
Anne Hutchinson | A Puritan who challenged the church leaders by saying the government and church should be separated. |
Samoset | Introduced the Pilgrims to the American Indians. |
Squanto | An American Indian interpreter who taught the Pilgrims how to survive. |
Reason Massachusetts was founded | Religious freedom. |
Industry in Massachusetts | Cattle & grain, lumber and timber, shipbuilding, fishing & whaling. |
Religion in Massachusetts | Puritan, with strict observance of the Sabbath. |
Government in Massachusetts | Elected governor and general court, Massachusetts School Law states any community with more than 50 houses must have a teacher. |
Great Migration | The movement of English settlers to the American colonies from 1630 to 1640. |
Massachusetts Bay Company | Company formed in 1629 by Puritans to start a colony in America. |
Commonwealth | A self-governing political unit. |
Puritans | Members of the Anglican Church who wanted to purify the church. |
Separatists | Those who left the Anglican Church. |
Pilgrims | English settlers seeking religious freedom in the Americas. |
Mayflower Compact | An agreement made by Pilgrim leaders that ensured self-government. |
John Mason | A co-founder of New Hampshire/Maine. |
Ferdinando Gorges | A co-founder of New Hampshire/Maine. |
Reason New Hampshire was founded | Profit from trade & fishing, part of Mass. for many years. |
Industry from New Hampshire | Cattle & grain, Lumber and timber, fur trapping, naval stores, fishing & whaling. |
Naval Stores | Products of pine forests used in wooden shipbuilding and maintenance. |
Roger Williams | Founder of Rhode Island. |
Reasons Rhode Island was founded | Different beliefs from Puritans (Mass.). Believed land needed to be bought from Native Americans. |
Industry of Rhode Island | Cattle, grain, ironworks, shipbuilding, fishing, and whaling. |
Religion of Rhode Island | A mixture of Quakers and Jews. |
Government of Rhode Island | Separation of Church and State. |
Toleration | The acceptance of different beliefs. |
Thomas Hooker | A minister who led his congregation from Massachusetts to Connecticut, where they built a town they called Hartford. |
Reasons Connecticut was founded | Massachusetts was too large, farming, fur trade, and religious freedom. |
Industry of Connecticut | Cattle, grain, ironworks, and shipbuilding. |
Religion of Connecticut | A branch from Puritan belief. |
Government of Connecticut | An assembly and elected governor, men who were property owners could vote. |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | A plan of government for Hartford, Connecticut |
Constitution | A plan of government. |