The Southern Colonies
Founded on April 26, 1607, this Virginia colony was named after the English king.
Jamestown
Who created the Mayflower Compact and settled with their families in Plymouth?
The Pilgrims
What was New York originally called before the English took it from the Dutch?
New Netherland
What is the name of the religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 40s, changing social and political life?
The Great Awakening
What did the Stamp Act require?
Colonists were required to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items like newspapers, pamphlets, even playing cards.
This Maryland law was the first effort in the English colonies to support religious freedom.
Toleration Act of 1649
What was the name of the Protestant group that thought bishops and priests had too much power over church members and wanted to reform the Anglican Church?
The Puritans
Why did William Penn want to found a new colony?
He wanted to provide a safe home for the Quakers since they were receiving a lot of persecution in New Jersey.
What document did the British and French sign in 1763 that ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris
What was the reason for the British to tax the colonies?
After the French and Indian War, the British kept a standing army in the colonies to help protect them from Indian attacks. They needed to fund this army via taxing the colonists.
Jamestown was attacked and burned in this uprising because a man and his followers disagreed with the governor regarding trade and protection against the American Indians
Bacon's Rebellion
Why was education so important in the New England colonies?
Parents wanted to be sure their children could read the Bible.
Which colony became an important example of representative self-government?
Pennsylvania
What was the Middle Passage?
The terrifying and deadly journey that could take 3 months in which Africans were transported across the Atlantic Ocean to be sold as slaves
Who helped found the Committees of Correspondence, helped organize the Sons of Liberty in Boston, and helped quickly spread the story of the Boston Massacre?
Samuel Adams
System of granting land in which colonists who paid their own way received 50 acres of land, and an additional 50 acres for each person brought with them
headright system
Who was the person that believed that people's relationship with God did not need guidance from ministers?
Ann Hutchinson
Which colony did England capture without firing a single shot?
New York
What was the name of the attempt by American Indians to push white settlers out of the Ohio Valley?
Pontiac's Rebellion
What happened at the Boston Massacre?
A British soldier was arguing with a colonist then struck him. A crowd of colonists formed and they started throwing snowballs at the soldier. More soldiers arrived and started shooting at the colonists, killing 5 men.
A former slave who recorded his experiences in the Southern colonies
Olaudah Equiano
What was the New England economy based on?
Trade, fishing, shipbuilding, and skilled crafts (such as blacksmithing, weaving, printing)
What jobs did women in the middle colonies do?
Women ran farms, became nurses and practiced medicine, made money through indentured servant work, and ran businesses like clothing stores, grocery stores, bakeries, and drug stores.
What was passed by the English Parliament to reduce the powers of the English monarch and was a result of the political ideas of the Glorious Revolution?
English Bill of Rights
What was the name of the laws that closed Boston Harbor, canceled Massachusetts's charter, and forced colonists to house and supply British troops?
The Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts