Founders
No quill and parchment for writing government needed here, this founder of the "city of brotherly love" sought peace with everyone
Who is William Penn?
What was a common theme among the colonies in America?
What is Religious Tolerance?
Which group of Natives did John Smith encounter at Jamestown?
Who are the Powhatans?
What is The English Bill of Rights; limited government and civil rights?
This colonial founder based his colony on the principles of religious tolerance, personal liberties, and the separation of church and state.
What is staple crops?
What is the religious movement that occurred in the early 1700s that brought new ideas of Christianity but also helped to unite the colonies?
What is the Great Awakening?
Who helped John Smith and the settlers at Jamestown and is a Disney Princess?
Who is Pocahontas?
What was the Glorious Revolution?
What is the peaceful takeover of the throne from James II and a time when the English demanded liberties and civil rights from the monarch?
This founder wanted his colony to be a "city on a hill"...and he hated democratic principles.
Who is John Winthrop?
What is the name of the Transatlantic trade?
What is triangular trade?
What is the difference between indentured servitude and chattel slavery?
Which English speaking Native assisted the Pilgrims at Plymouth?
Who is Squanto?
What document in the Colonies gave the ideas of self-governance?
This group settled in what will be called New Netherlands and created a successful fur trade business.
Who are the Dutch?
This system of economy sought greater exports than imports.
What is mercantilism?
Who was one of the main leaders of the Great Awakening?
Who are Johnathon Edwards and John Whitefield?
What made the settlers in Pennsylvania different than most settlers in other colonies in terms of their relations with the Natives?
What is the purchase of land rather than just taking it?
What was the representative body in Virginia called?
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
This group of nobles had a unique name. They were given the land to settle in the Carolinas.
Who are proprietors?
Which continents were part of the Transatlantic trade routes?
What are Europe, Africa, and the Americas?
This group left England because they were persecuted for wanting to purify the Anglican Church of Catholic traditions.
What is the Puritans?
Which colonial settlement did the Natives abandon after they continued to take advantage of the Natives' charity?
What is Jamestown?
What is the Navigation Acts?