What was the first institution of higher learning in America?
Harvard (College)
Whom did the Puritans elect to serve as their first governor in their new colony?
a. John Winthrop
b. John Eliot
c. Roger Williams
d. Thomas Mayhew
a. John Winthrop
What did Roger Williams call the settlement that he founded?
Providence (Rhode Island)
Who translated the Bible into the Algonquian tongue?
a. John Winthrop
b. John Eliot
c. Roger Williams
d. Thomas Mayhew
b. John Eliot
What set a precedent for a voluntary union of the colonies?
New England Confederation
Who founded Hartford, Connecticut?
a. Sir Ferdinando Gorges
b. Henry Hudson
c. Sir Edmund Andros
d. Thomas Hooker
d. Thomas Hooker
What type of colony was granted by the king to individual owners?
proprietary
What colony established a precedent for representative government with a constitution?
a. Connecticut
b. Rhode Island
c. New Hampshire
d. Maine
a. Connecticut
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a haven for what religious group?
Quakers
What was New Netherland later renamed?
a. New Jersey
b. New York
c. Delaware
d. Pennsylvania
b. New York