The colony founded by Roger Williams in 1636 as a haven for all faiths
What is Rhode Island
100
an alliance of independent governments
What is confederation
100
a person who owned a colony as a result of receiving a land grant from the king
What is Proprietor
100
The first written framework for self-government in what is now the United States, made by the Mayflower passengers in 1620
What is Mayflower Compact
200
A colony founded in 1620 by English Puritans seeking religious freedom (included Plymouth)
What is Massachusetts
200
A colony founded in 1732 by James Edward Oglethorpe as a haven for debtors and the poor.
What is Georgia
200
the lawmaking body of England
What is Parliament
200
a trial that helped promote the idea that the freedom of the press is a right that should be protected
What is Zenger trial
200
The agreement made in 1215 between King John and his barons listing rights granted by the monarch to all free men of the kingdom
What is Magna Carta
300
A colony founded in 1682 by William Penn and a haven for English Quakers
What is Pennsylvania
300
This group of people lost most of their land through purchase, war and unfair treaties.
What are Native Americans
300
a group of people chosen to make laws
What is legislature
300
a proposal drafted in 1754 by Benjamin Franklin calling for an alliance of the English colonies for their own defense
What is Albany Plan of Union
300
An act passed by Parliament in 1689 further limiting the monarch's power by giving Parliament the sole power to tax and specifying citizens' rights, such as trial by jury and protection from cruel and unusual punishment
What is English Bill of Rights
400
A written document that began to take power from the king
What is English Bill of Rights, Magna Carta
400
A colony founded in 1638 as New Sweden. It showed that peoples of many ethic groups could live together as equals
What is Delaware
400
a system in which government cannot deprive a person of life, liberty, or property except according to rules established by law
What is due process of law
400
a law enacted in Maryland in 1649 declaring that all Christian denominations have a right to practice their faith
What is Act of Religious Toleration
400
the first legislature in the English colonies in America, formed in 1619
What is House of Burgesses
500
a lifetime condition for men, women, and children based on skin color.
What is slavery
500
a settler who voluntarily gave up freedom for five to seven years in exchange for passage to America
What is indentured servant
500
the belief that one race of people is superior to another
What is racism
500
a period of religious revival during the early 1700s that encouraged people to question authority and to think freely about religious matters