Representative Gov't
Signed by the Pilgrims it helped establish the idea of self government
What is the Mayflower Compact
The New England centered on three industries
What are fishing, lumbering and ship building
Large southern farms with many slaves
What is Plantations
This man converted to Quakerism and and established the Pennsylvania Colony
Who is William Penn
Many British citizens left England because of this
What is religious persecution
The first representative assembly in North America
What is the House of Burgesses
This man started the religiously tolerant state of Rhode Island
Who is Roger Williams
Name the five Southern Colonies
What are Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia.
The major city in the Pennsylvania colony
What is Philadelphia
The British King during the American Revolution
Who is King George III
The first example of a constitution in the colonies
What is the First Order of Connecticut
Name the four New England Colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The reason the Southern Colony's economy was different than the New England and Middle colonies
What is fertile soil
The original name of the New York Colony
What is New Amsterdam
The state religion in England that caused many to immigrate to America
The Church of England
The main reason the colonies had to govern themselves
What is the distance from Britain
The major industries of the New England Colonies
What are fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding
The sea route used to transport slaves to the Southern Colony
What is the transatlantic slave trade
The major industries of the Middle Colonies
What are farming, forest and timber, coal, and furs
The person that questioned the Catholic Church and started the protestant religion
Who is Martin Luther
A charter written in 1215 that stated that the King had to ask before he taxed
The Magna Carta
The major city on the New England Colonies
What is Boston
The colony where Catholics lived
What is Maryland
Name the four Middle Colonies
What are Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Delaware
British economic system that stated that wealth occurred if you exported more that you imported
What is Mercantilism