Political Foundations
This 1620 document was signed by Pilgrims and set rules for self-government in Plymouth.
Mayflower Compact
These people left England for the Colonies with the goal of purifying the Church.
Puritans
This early colony was "lost" for mysterious reasons.
Roanoke
This trial in colonial New England saw innocent people executed because of fear and accusations in a Puritan town.
Salem Witch Trials
The first representative assembly in the English colonies, established in Jamestown, was called this.
House of Burgesses
These were the group of people who left England in 1620 for religious freedom and settled Plymouth.
Pilgrims (Separatists)
The New England colonies include Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and this colony.
Connecticut
The forced ocean voyage that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas under cruel conditions was called this.
Middle Passage
Name the 1639 Connecticut document considered the first written constitution in America.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
This founder of Pennsylvania was a Quaker who promoted religious tolerance.
William Penn
These colonies were known as the "breadbasket" because they produced large amounts of wheat and had rich soil and long, deep rivers. Name the region.
Middle Colonies
Name the three places connected by the Triangular Trade.
England (Europe), Africa, and the Americas (Caribbean/North America)
These three documents (Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut) all show colonial attempts to use this type of practice in government.
Democratic practices / representative government
This person, forced to leave the Puritans for her religious beliefs, helped establish Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
List two major economic activities of New England colonies based on their physical environment.
Shipbuilding and fishing (or whaling, timber, trade)
This case involving a newspaper publisher helped establish freedom of the press in the colonies. Give the person's name.
Peter Zenger (or John Peter Zenger)
Explain what mercantilism is and the purpose of it. (Answer should include the idea of raw materials and finished goods.)
A mother country controls its colonies, demanding raw materials and selling back finished goods, with the purpose of gaining wealth and power for the mother country.
Explain one similarity AND one difference between the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
Both left for religious purposes, one wanted to separate from the church while the other wanted to purify it.
Explain why the Southern Colonies developed the plantation system and the consequence of plantations (hint: geography).
The South had rich soil and a long growing season; large cash-crop plantations (tobacco, rice, indigo) developed, which led to the use of enslaved labor and a plantation-based economy.
Describe King Philip’s War: what was its goal for Native Americans, and what was the major result of the conflict?
The goal of the Native Americans was to avoid recognizing English authority and to stop English settlement on their lands. The major result was that the Natives were crushed and lost all power in the New England colonies.