The Colonies
What was the original name of New York?
New Amsterdam
He spoke of their colony being a "city on a hill"
John Winthrop
Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?
To find religious freedom
This type of colony was is given to an individual person
Proprietary
Savannah is a settlement in which colony?
Georgia
Delaware was founded by this country
Sweden
This Native American helped the Pilgrims successfully plant and harvesst crops
Squanto
This religious group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony
The Puritans
This constitution is both the first written in America and would later be a model for the U.S. Constitution
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This blue flowering plant was used to dye cloth
Indigo
What is a landowner from the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land?
Patroon
He wanted to start a colony to help debtors
James Oglethorpe
What religious group founded Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What type of colony was under direct control of the king?
Royal colonies
What crop helped Jamestown succeed?
Tobacco
This was a way to financially support a colony without too much risk
Join-stock company
He established a colony for Roman Catholics
Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore
Why did the Dutch permit religious freedom?
It was more profitable than enforcing their beliefs
What law was passed in Maryland to protect religious freedom?
Act of Toleration
This was the economic system guiding Europe during the 1600s to 1700s
Mercantilism
This settlement became a center of government after much of Jamestown was destroyed
Williamsburg
He received a colony as payment for a debt
William Penn
Roman Catholics found religious freedom in which colony?
Maryland
He was dissatisfied with the Massachusetts Bay Colony because he wanted to separate the church and state
Roger Williams
The "Great Migration" increased the population of what colony?
Massachusetts