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what year did the Pilgrims reach Americ

1620

resulted in the burning of Jamestown

Bacon's Rebellion

settlers attacked Indians without government permission

Bacon's Rebellion

man who established a colony for Roman Catholics, known as lord Baltimore

Cecilius Calvert

had Savannah as its first settlement

Georgia

passed an Act of Toleration guaranteeing religious freedom

Maryland

was heavily populated during the "Great Migration

Massachusetts

Most of its colonies were originally charter colonies

New England colonies

the name of the Dutch colony later called New York

New Netherlands

What was the name for those two larger grants of land in the Dutch colony

PATROONS

colonists captured Indians and sold them as slaves

Pequot War

tax that was the main source of income for colonial governments

Property taxes

William Penn was a

Quaker

what is another name for the "society of friends"

Quakers

what routes did settlers usually follow inland

Rivers

man determined to build a colony that practiced separation of church and state

Roger Williams

what kind of colony was supervised directly by the king?

Royal

the French Huguenots had a particularly strong presence in

South Carolina

List to cash crops important to the Carolina colonies

Tobacco and indigo

(t/f) the German were one of the three largest groups of immigrants to the colonies

True

(t/f) Massachustts was a leading colony in the provision of education for its children

True

(t/f) New England has a thin, rocky soil

True

(t/f) New England's settlers often turned to fishing for a living

True

(t/f) New Netherland was settled by patroons

True

(t/f) New Netherland's claim was secured by Henry Hudson

True

(t/f) black slaves often served as household servants in the northern colonies

True

(t/f) farmers in the middle colonies raised much cereal grain

True

(t/f) most of the early colonists relied upon locally grown food and natural resources found nearby

True

(t/f) new england's climate is colder that that of the other two regions

True

(t/f) new settlers were given citizenship at a town meeting

True

(t/f) night watchmen were appointed at a town meeting

True

(t/f) some colonists continued to send their sons to school in Europe even after American colleges were funded

True

(t/f) the English were one of the three largest groups of immigrants to the colonies

True

(t/f) the Scots-Irish were one of the three largest groups of immigrants to the colonies

True

(t/f) the ideal colonial family was one in which the father played a strong role

True

(t/f) the southern colonies had generally rich soil and long growing seasons

True

(t/f) ways to help the poor were considered at

True

Joint stock companies provided a means for raising money to support a new colonyTrue or false

True

New Netherland was governed by Peter Minuit (t/f)

True

The Dutch founded Delaware true or false

True

The possibility of owning land in America encouraged many English settlers to go there True or false

True

True or false the pilgrims did not land and settle in the area for which they had obtained permission

True

all of the colonies established legislatures (t/f)

True

both Roman Catholic and protestants settled Maryland True or false

True

"friend" who accepted a colony as payment of a debt

William Penn

colonial city that became the leading center of government and culture among the southern colonies

Williamsburg, Virginia

the most important crop to the survival of the colonies

corn

(t/f) the French were one of the three largest group of immigrants to the colonies

false

occupation of most early colonists

farming

the undeveloped area at the edge of the colonial settlements

frontier

these colonies had original settlements by the DDutch and Swedes

middle colonies

which group of colonies had several navigable rivers to aid transportation and settlement

middle colonies

which group of colonies was not particularly british in culture

middle colonies

where did colonial fishermen often go to catch codfish

new England coast and grand banks of newfoundland

which group of colonies had local government in town meetings

new England colonies

which group of colonies had timber used for shshipbuilding industry

new England colonies

large farms in the southern colonies

plantations

where Christian Indians lived to learn about European laws, manners, and town life

praying towns

name one way colonists cared for the poor

putting out

what motive for colonial settlement gave the heritage of the U.S. a great distinction

religious freedom

what religious group did the Pilgrims belong to

separatists

one of its colonies was founded for Roman Catholics

southern colonies

which group of colonies had the location of the piedmont and tidewater

southern colonies

Delaware was different from the other English colonies because it was first settled by the

swedes

popular vehicle the colonists used to move their belongings inland

the Conestoga wagon

what term was used to describe the Africans' journey to the new world

the Middle Passage

officials appointed by colonial governors to hold court and serve various public needs

the justices of the peace

had the power of the purse in the colonies

the legislature

what were the colonial armies called

the militia

the trade network between the americans, Europe, and Africa

the triangular trade network

(t/f) in the British colonies, the Puritans were the group most actively involved with missions to the Indians

true

joint stock companies were used to form which type of colony

Charter

colony that was settled by people from Massachusetts Bay who wanted more land, as a result of overcrowding

Connecticut

received the land of the former Dutch colony of New Netherland from the King of England

Duke of York

(t/f) Maryland was the most tolerant colony toward various religions

False

(t/f) New Netherland later became New Hampshire

False

(t/f) a legislature was elected at a town meeting

False

(t/f) colonial women usually had the same legal rights as men

False

(t/f) elections were conducted by secret ballot in the colonies

False

(t/f) industries grew in the south to supply manufactured goods for the colonists

False

(t/f) no roads were build during the colonial era false

False

(t/f) slaves had to work about twice as long each day as other workers of the colonial era

False

(t/f) the Unitarian movement had little effect on intellectuals

False

(t/f) the colonists were not much concerned with strict social classes

False

(t/f) the new England colonies had a region with a wide, level coastal plain

False

By the mid-1600's, the colonists were no longer threatened by Indian attacks (t/f)

False

The pilgrims were Puritans True or false

False

True or false Proprietary colonies were under the direct control of the king

False

True or false the anglers prohibited Roman Catholics from migrating to American

False

True or false the settling of Connecticut a rose out of controversy With Massachusetts

False

True or faults The Puritans demanded a strict separation of church and state matters

False

few early colonists believed in the supernatural works of God (t/f)

False

English general who wanted to help debtors

James Oglethorpe

puritan minister who translated the Bible into Algonquin

John Eliot

governor who wanted his colony to be "a city set upon a hill"

John Winthrop

resulted in the loss of the Indian way of life

King Phillip's War

spread through Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, and Maine

King Phillip's War


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