Study Guide: Colonial America
This region had the most diverse population:
Middle Colonies
Which colony founded by Roger Williams was the first place in America that allowed ALL faiths to worship freely?
Rhode Island
This region featured large plantations and cash crop farming.
Southern Colonies
Who founded the colony of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
What important cash crop helped the colony of Jamestown to thrive and overcome it's early hardships?
tobacco
A document that grants the right to organize a settlement in an area.
charter
What caused Bacon's Rebellion?
farmers wanted to move west into Native Amer. lands but gov't opposed
select the answer that is true regarding the Quakers.
founded the colony of Pennsylvania
Why was the Virginia House of Burgesses important?
it was the first legislature in North America elected by the people
Name for a large farm with many workers:
plantation
Variety, such as of ethnic or national groups.
Diversity
All of the following were reasons for the founding of Georgia EXCEPT...
Georgia was a place where Native Americans could live freely among the whites.
All of the following are true of farming in the south EXCEPT....
Most farmers in the south relied on subsistence farming.
Select the following answer that is true regarding the Georgia colony:
The British hoped Georgia would block Spanish attacks from Florida
When and where did the first enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia?
1619, Jamestown
What was the name of the new colony formed from these southern Pennsylvania colonies?
Delaware
What was the first written Constitution in America?
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Select the following answer that is true regarding the Georgia colony:
Georgia was a place where debtors could make a fresh start and avoid prison.
Select the following answer that is true regarding the Georgia colony:
Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe
Select the following answer that is true regarding the Georgia colony:
Georgia was the last British colony set up in America
Why did Roger Williams clash with Massachusetts Puritans?
He believed that people should worship as they wish.
What term used for second leg of the route known as the triangular trade, which carried enslaved Africans to the Americas?
Middle Passage
This region was a place for Puritans to settle escape persecution in Europe:
New England
Which colonial region is described below?: "The climate and environment were long winters and thin rocky soil. Many of the settlers were from England and were rooted deeply in their religion. Their religion also played a heavy role in their government."
New England
What was the name of the Dutch settlement in North America?
New Netherland
select the answer that is true regarding the Quakers.
Penn and the Quakers had good relations with the Native Americans
Which group of Separatists decided to move to America in 1620 and settled at Plymouth?
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims set up the first colony founded for the purpose religious freedom. Where was this colony located?
Plymouth
From who and where did the British also hope the colony of Georgia would block attacks from?
Spanish Florida
What country did the settlers in southern Pennsylvania come from?
Sweden
select the answer that is true regarding the Quakers.
William Penn saw Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment"; a chance to practice his Quaker ideals
Why was the colony of Maryland founded?
a place for Catholics to worship freely
A crop that can be sold easily in markets (cotton, rice, tobacco).
cash crop
People who paid for their passage to America with labor were called:
indentured servants
How did the English acquire New Netherland from the Dutch?
the English attacked New Amsterdam
During the 1630s, more than 15,000 Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times in England in a movement called _________.
the Great Migration
All of the following are true EXCEPT...
the Quakers in Pennsylvania had poor relations with the Native Americans
select the answer that is true regarding the Quakers.
the Quakers were pacifists (people who oppose war or violence)
When John White returned to Roanoke Island, what did he find?
the colony had mysteriously disappeared
Trade route between three destinations, such as Britain, West Africa, and the West Indies.
triangular trade