Religion and Enlightenment
What term means punishment because of religious beliefs?
Religious persecution.
What term means people help make decisions for their own community?
Self Government
What was the forced Atlantic voyage of captive Africans called?
The Middle Passage.
Which colony was founded as a refuge for English Catholics and passed the Toleration Act of 1649?
Maryland.
What term means money that is owed?
Debt
What 1649 law protected different Christian groups in Maryland?
The Toleration Act of 1649.
What document gave a company permission to start a colony?
A Charter
What were workers called who agreed to serve for a set number of years?
Indentured servants.
Puritans led by John Winthrop established this colony. Rocky soil limited cash-crop farming. Forests, fishing, shipbuilding, and skilled trades supported its economy. Which colony was it?
Massachusetts Bay Colony. Accept Massachusetts.
What war did Britain and France fight over the Ohio River valley?
French and Indian Wars
Who supported religious tolerance in Rhode Island?
Roger Williams.
What lawmaking body did Virginia colonists elect representatives to?
The House of Burgesses.
What large farms grew cash crops using enslaved labor?
Plantations
William Penn founded this colony as a home for Quakers. It had rich farmland, grew crops such as wheat, and had a capital named Philadelphia. Which colony was it?
Pennsylvania
What do we call a nation or group that joins another for a shared goal?
An ally
Who was forced to leave Massachusetts after questioning Puritan ministers?
Anne Hutchinson.
What gatherings allowed Puritan men to vote on local community issues?
Town meetings.
What term means crops grown mainly to sell for profit?
Cash crops.
Jamestown was established in this colony. Tobacco became an important cash crop, and its headright system gave land to settlers who paid for their own passage or brought more people. Which colony was it?
Virginia
What treaty ended the French and Indian War in 1763?
The Treaty of Paris of 1763. Accept Treaty of Paris.
Which religious group did William Penn belong to?
The Quakers. Accept the Society of Friends.
What agreement did the Pilgrims sign to create shared laws for their colony?
The Mayflower Compact.
What laws controlled enslaved people and denied them rights?
Slave codes.
Question: Which two colonies began as one colony and split in 1712? The northern colony attracted farmers from Virginia. The southern colony developed large plantations and, by 1730, had more enslaved Africans than white settlers.
North Carolina and South Carolina. Both names are needed.
What did Britain raise in the colonies to help pay its war debt?
Taxes