The crop that "put Virginia on the map"; it saved the colony from almost certain economic failure after its introduction in 1612.
What is tobacco
100
Quaker, proprietor, "holy experimenter" of 1681.
Who is William Penn
100
The Puritans' main belief that God had "elected" certain individuals for "salvation" (according to the teachings of John Calvin)
What is "predestination"
100
Originally settled by the Dutch as New Netherland, it was surrendered to the English in 1664 and immediately turned into a proprietary colony.
What is New York
100
Mr. Riley first started teaching at East in this year.
What is 2005
200
English laws passed in the 1650s-1660s requiring certain English colonial goods to be shipped through English ports on English ships, manned by primarily English sailors.
What are the Navigation Acts
200
Enlightenment philosopher, propagator of the "natural rights of man" (life, liberty, property), Jefferson's idol
Who is John Locke
200
The official state religion of New York, Virginia, and most of the Southern colonies prior to the Great Awakening.
What is Anglicanism
200
First settled by the Separatists in 1620, the success of this colony owes a great deal to the death of the Patuxet Tribe as well as the generosity of the Wampanoags.
What is Plymouth/Massachusetts
200
The name of Mr. Riley's first (and possibly only) daughter.
Who is Dana Lynn
300
A policy of "relaxed economic-political supervision" pushed by several British politicians that inadvertently led to the colonies becoming more self-governed and economically viable.
What is salutary neglect
300
The "cross-eyed" voice of the Great Awakening
Who is George Whitefield
300
A Great Awakening-based Protestant sect that welcomed slaves at their revival meetings and urged plantation owners to Christianize them, earning the ire of the Southern gentry.
Who are the Baptists
300
Named in honor of Charles I who granted this land to eight English noblemen as Lords Proprietor in 1663.
What are the Carolinas
300
Mr. Riley grew up in this CB-claimed town attending both Butler Elementary and Unami Middle School until 1995.
What is Chalfont
400
An attempt by James II in 1686 to consolidate all of New England into one large "super-colony" by putting them under the direct supervision of the crown and its appointed governor Edmond Andros; it failed after the Glorious Revolution.
What is the Dominion of New England
400
Wampanoag-Algonquin chief who fatefully allied his people with the English settlers in 1620 saving their fate and sealing his.
Who is Massasoit
400
The nickname for those in the Great Awakening who emphasized the importance of spiritual rebirth through emotional, passionate worship.
What are "New Lights"
400
Originally established in 1732, it was set up by founder James Oglethorpe as a colony where debtors could work off their debts and eventually own land. It was also a good "buffer" between Spanish lands further south.
What is Georgia
400
If a fire struck Mr. Riley's home, the one possession he would save would be the first CD he ever bought "Appetite for Destruction" by this group, his favorite band EVER.
Who are Guns 'n Roses
500
Land owned in its entirety without feudal dues or land-lord obligations
What are "freeholds"
500
This Puritan minister's open praise for religious toleration (as practiced by the Separatists in Plymouth) as well as his criticism of the treatment of Native American tribes resulted in his banishment from Massachusetts Bay Colony and his setting up of Rhode Island in 1644.
Who is Roger Williams
500
The Algonquin name for the "being who brought us into being"; the spirit who made and created all things.
What is the "Master of Life"
500
Because of their loyalty to his father during the English civil war, Charles II granted this land between the Hudson and Delaware rivers to proprietors Carteret and Berkeley in 1674. They named it in honor of their home island off the coast of France in the English Channel.
What is New Jersey
500
Set in Baltimore, this HBO crime drama explored the conflicting worlds of the drug trade, police investigation, homicide, and racial-social issues and is Mr. Riley's all-time favorite TV show.