Chapter 3 American History

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means "Charles's land"

Carolina

Document that granted the Pennsylvania colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly

Charter of Liberties

Charles II's brother

Duke of York

What two countries are considered the great rivals of the colonial period?

France and Great Britian

Quebec was founded by the

French

This colony Britian originally settled as a military barrier

Georgia

Why did Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, want to establish a colony in the Americas?

It was a safe place for his fellow Catholics who were being persecuted in England.

Where and why was the Mason-Dixon line established?

It was between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It was created to stop a border argument.

Who founded the colony of Georgia and why?

James Ogletharpe, so he could create a colony where English debtors and poor people could have a fresh start.

The Franciscan monk who worked for the rights of Native Americans was

Junipero Serra

a French fur trader and explorer

Louis Joliet

This colony was established as a safe place for Catholics

Maryland

led a rebellion

Nathaniel Bacon

Southernmost part of Pennsylvania was once called

New Amsterdam

colony of New Netherland

New Amsterdam

What was named after an island in the English Channel?

New Jersey

What was once a Dutch colony?

New York City

"city of brotherly love"

Philadelphia

Society of Friends

Quakers

Explain why the French settlement of North America was slower than the English colonies.

They were trying to find fish and furs and not worried about colonizing.

Why was so much slave labor needed in the Carolinas?

To grow rice

America's first town planner was

William Penn

constiution

a formal plan of government

How did William Penn earn the respect of Native Americans?

by buying the land

proprietary colony

colony run by individuals or groups to whom land was granted.

plan of government

constitution

Why was the colony of Georgia established?

debtors and poor people and a barrier between Florida colonies

tenant farmer

farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops

Carolina's "blue gold" was

indigo

Why did Sir Calvert want to establish a colony in America?

it was a safe place for Catholics

indentured servant

laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time for passage to America.

patroon

landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled like a king over large areas of land

religious settlements

missions

wealthy landwoners

patroons

debtor

person or country that owes money

pacifist

person who opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes

mission

religious settlement

What are missions?

religious settlements


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