Colonies
The first English colony/settlement.
What is Jamestown/Virginia?
Led bacon's Rebellion.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
Instead of being led by the Pope the Anglican Church was led by...
Who is the King of England?
Landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620.
What is The Mayflower and the Pilgrims?
Economic idea that trade, colonies, and wealth was the basis for a country’s military and political strength.
What is Mercantilism?
This royal colony was formed with the primary purpose of defending South Carolina from the Spanish.
What is Georgia?
Rum, sugarcane and slaves were primarily traded in this.
What is the Triangular trade route?
This man said that sinners were in the hands of an angry God.
Who is Johnathan Edwards?
Founded Maryland as a Catholic safe haven, but this wouldn't go as planned.
Who are the Calverts.
First representative assembly in America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Majority of slaves were located in these two colonies circa 1775.
What are South Carolina and Georgia?
These two early colonial figures painted with all of the colors of the wind and tobacco when they developed America's first major cash crop.
Who are John Rolfe and Pocahontas?
This BIG branch of Christianity was most common in the colonies.
What is Protestantism?
This Quaker created a land of religious freedom in Pennsylvania.
Who is William Penn?
Believed that governments are supreme but were bound to protect human rights.
Farming was difficult in this set of colonies due to bad soil.
What are the New England colonies?
First written constitution was written in which colony?
What is Connecticut?
He believed predestination and that England should break away from Roman traditions entirely.
Who is John Calvin?
Founder of Boston in 1630.
Who is John Winthrop?
This NY Editor questions and critiques NY Governor in this case involving Freedom of Press.
Who is Peter Zenger?
The 5 colonies formed during the restoration of the monarchy.
What are NC, SC, NY, NJ, and PA?
War between Wampanoag Indians and the New England Confederation.
What is King Philip's War?
Colonists were told that they did not need ministers to connect to God by this man.
Indentured Servants could serve under a master for a certain amount of time and receive land of their own due to this system.
What is the Headright system?
English trade could only be carried out via English or colonial ship due to this act.
What are the navigation acts?