Key Terms
This system was used to transport enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.
Middle Passage
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia was led by frontier settlers against the colonial government.
Bacon's Rebellion
Name the colony founded by William Penn as a refuge for Quakers.
Pennsylvania
He was the Dutch governor of New Amsterdam before it became New York known for his authoritarian rule and peg leg.
Peter Stuyvesant
This Netflix series follows the lives of teenagers in a small town called Hawkins facing supernatural threats.
Stranger Things
What economic theory, focused on maximizing exports and minimizing imports, was central to British colonial policy?
Mercantilism
This 1675-76 conflict was a war between New England colonists and Native American forces.
Metacom/ King Phillip's War
This colony belonged to the Dutch before being taken over by the English.
New Netherland
This Spanish priest advocated for Native American rights and criticized the encomienda system.
Bartolome de las Casas
This 1999 sci-fi film features a dystopian future where humans fight against sentient machines.
The Matrix
This legal document, signed in 1620, was an early form of self-government by Pilgrims in Massachusetts.
The Mayflower Compact
This 1653 massacre was a major event during Kieft’s War between Dutch settlers and Native Americans in New Netherland.
Massacre at Mystic
Connecticut was founded by settlers from this nearby colony seeking more religious and political freedom.
Massachusetts Bay Colony
This Puritan person was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for challenging religious orthodoxy and advocating for direct personal revelation.
Anne Hutchinson
This animated series features a yellow family living in Springfield, created by Matt Groening.
The Simpsons
Name the 1730s-40s religious revival movement emphasizing emotional sermons and personal faith.
The First Great Awakening
This 1739 slave uprising in South Carolina was one of the largest in colonial America.
Stono Rebellion
This southern colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a debtor’s refuge and buffer against Spanish Florida.
Georgia
This Puritan leader gave the famous "City upon a Hill" sermon envisioning the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a model society.
John Winthrop
This tennis legend won 20 Grand Slam singles titles and is known for his one-handed backhand.
Roger Federer
Name the colonial British policy that allowed colonies significant freedom in economic affairs before stricter enforcement after 1763.
Salutary Neglect
The 1688 event where James II was overthrown and William of Orange took the throne is known as?
The Glorious Revolution
This New England colony was founded by Roger Williams as a refuge for religious dissenters expelled from Massachusetts Bay.
Rhode Island
This person married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
This person's Jersey number is 89, which is the same two last numbers of his famous fiancee's birth year and 5th album
Travis Kelce