Government and Politics
This was the first representative government in Virginia.
What is House of Burgesses
This religious group was known for peace, tolerance, and settling heavily in Pennsylvania.
What is Quakers
This conflict between English settlers and the Pequots took place in Connecticut.
What is Pequot War
This New England colony was founded by Puritans in 1630.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony
This was a large farm that usually grew crops for sale and often used enslaved labor.
What is Plantation
This official document gave a group permission and certain rights to start a colony.
What is Charter
These English Protestants wanted to remove Catholic practices from the Church of England.
What is Puritans
This war in North Carolina ended with the Tuscaroras moving north and joining the Iroquois.
What is Tuscarora War
This Dutch colony was located around the Hudson River.
What is New Netherland
This type of company was funded by multiple investors who shared the costs and profits.
What is Joint-stock company
This 1620 agreement created a system of self-government at Plymouth.
What is Mayflower Compact
These Puritans wanted to completely leave the Church of England and helped settle Plymouth.
What is Separatists
This conflict was led by Metacom against English settlers in New England.
What is King Philip's War
These frontier settlers lived on land without legally owning or being given permission to use it.
What is Squatters
This 1661 law created harsh rules for enslaved people and influenced later slave laws.
What is Barbados Slave Code
This 1639 document was an early example of a democratic constitution.
What is Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This religious belief system taught that God had already chosen who would be saved.
What is Calvinism
This was the Powhatan people's final major attempt to remove English settlers from Virginia.
What is Second Anglo-Powhatan War
This alliance originally united five Native American tribes in present-day New York.
What is Iroquois Confederacy
These laws controlled colonial trade and required much of it to go through England.
What is Navigation Laws
This royal government combined several colonies and limited their self-government.
What is Dominion of New England
This belief, associated with Anne Hutchinson, said that the elect did not need to follow religious or human laws.
What is Antinomianism
This conflict between the king's supporters and Parliament ended with the execution of Charles I.
What is English Civil War
This is a territory located between two competing powers; Georgia served this purpose between British and Spanish territory.
What is Buffer
This was Britain's policy of loosely enforcing its colonial trade laws, allowing the colonies more freedom.
What is Salutary Neglect