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Explain what and indentured servant is?
A servant who is working off a debt such as transportation to the Americas through the form of a contract that forces them to physical labor for a set amount of time.
What year were African originally brought over to the coast of Virginia?
1619
How many African were brought over by the dutch?
20
What is a protestant?
A group of people seeking seperation from the Catholic church.
What three continents were brought together by the settlement of the first 13 colonies?
Europe, Africa, North America
Daily Double -
True or False
Our first form of government did not have a court system.
False
Who founded the New England Colonies?
Puritans
Daily Triple: Where did Albert Einstein live before moving to the United States?
Germany
What is Mr. Johnston's dogs' name?
Tito
When did the House of Burgesses form?
1619
What was the key to a better life in the colonies?
land ownership
What is the Mayflower Compact?
the very first document to govern the colonist?
How Did William Penn become the "Father of PA"?
King of England granted him payment of debt to father by giving him land in the US
What is the Magna Carta?
Document that took away power form the monarchy.
Daily Double-
What was the name of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant that was the site of a nuclear disaster in April 1986?
Chernobyl
What did William Penn believe was the best way to gain land from the native americans?
purchase or work for gifted land
What did the colonist government title "Alle Negro and Millalos's?
Real Estate
What is an indentured servant?
an individual who had agreed to work off their debt of immigration in the form of labor.
How was Virginia founded?
By a private trading company
Daily Double:
The British King Drew a boundary line running north ans south along the Appalachian Mountain range to prevent colonist from expanding Westward. What was this line called.
The Proclomation of 1763
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Ben Franklin introduced the thought of the Albany Plan of Union which would crown a president and unify the colonies under one government.
What was the House of Burgesses?
Virginias first state government
Who is the father of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
What are 3 things the indigenous people taught colonist?
How to farm, how to use snowshoes and introduced them to canoes.
Why did the Albany Plan of Union fail?
The parliament rejected the plan because it would have given the colonies too much power.