Coming to the New World
Which of the following was not a reason European countries set up colonies in North America? seeking riches, establishing religious freedom, or competing for control of the land
what is establishing religious freedom
how were the pilgrims different from other English settlers
what is sought religious freedom in America
which group of people sought religious freedom in William Penn's colony
who are Protestant Germans known as Quakers
What two ways of life developed in the Southern Colonies?
what is plantation and backcountry
The Navigation Acts were linked to which economic system?
what is mercantilism
Why did the Jamestown settlement struggle to survive?
what is more interested in gold than in growing food
New England colonies were characterized by what
what activity did not contribute to the economy? farming, fishing or manufacturing
what is manufacturing
What are the two key crops grown on southern plantations?
what are rice and tobacco
what intellectual movement influenced the thinking of English colonists in the 1700s?
what is the Enlightenment
what new tradition was created at Jamestown
what is representative government
what is a colony under control of the English crown
what is a royal colony
what is a waterway through or around North America
what is the Northwest Passage
what is a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company to settle a particular place
what is a charter
What is not true of colonial legislature? all legislatures had an upper and lower house or each colony had a legislature
what is legislatures had an upper and lower house
what is attracting new settlers
what is a colony given to a person by the king who is required to pay rent on that land to the king
what is a proprietary colony
what is the European intellectual movement that influenced the thinking of English colonists in the 1700s
what is the Enlightenment
what is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them
what is representative goverment
What was the impact of the Great Awakening on the colonies? (religious movement)
What are new churches were established
name the 4 New England colonies
what is Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
Name the 4 middle colonies
what is Pennsylvania, NY, NJ, and Delaware
Name the 5 Southern colonies
what is Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Maryland
what religion were founders of Maryland?
what are Catholics?